Chip off the old Block....

SPAM -- What is spam?

Spam is electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. It often takes the form of an e-mail message sent to a large number of people without consent. Spam is usually sent to promote a product or service.

I just don't understand who comes up with the stuff that comes across my emails. It's not like I have any interest that should of generated the cookies that would tell someone I was interested in their product! To combat all the spam I have filters in place but recently I've been invaded...somethings have broken through what I thought was a tight barer! haha ...My secret... 3 emails....one to use for things that require an email address but I really don't want them to contact me (yahoo account); work email address for acquaintances (and they don't send everything forwards -- well one does but I never reply to them...guess that means I've broken many of many email chains...maybe that's what all "this" is from...not sending those emails onward -- NOT!!) Last account is my home address...which is the one that now has been invaded by spam...so I now have a few filters on it but hopefully I'm not blocking things I want to see. (who am I kidding...I check my email so often...I pretty much weed out the spam with the click of the delete button!)
Blocked...I've been on the recipient's end of being blocked to where I really thought this person wasn't ever going to repsond to my emails...oh how I hate to be on someone BLOCKED LIST! Unlike the philosophy of spam...emails true intention were to communicate with others without having to wait for snail mail! (you still have some people who are not computer savvy but hey...they're coming on slowly! ha) When I email...it's because I wanted that particular to person to know some information that I really want to share with them. It's important to me...of course I have to remember it's not always important to them and I should expect a reply or comment from them...(I, of course, think it is polite to send a reply even if I didn't think it was important to me...it was an FYI to me and I want that person to know I saw their email and read it...and then replied back to how I interpreted their information. Ok..this blog is on a interesting soap box...I didn't mean for it to go in this direction but it does make me wonder why I think email and checking my email is important to me. Some of my friends tell me that I'm checking my email a little more often then them -- ok a lot more often....I just want to be sure I don't miss someone and they think I'm not there!