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  • From: "A Sprouse" <asprouse AT pickett-sprouse.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Spam Inc - In 2002, spam is not just a scourge, it's big business............
  • Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 11:08:19 -0400

 
 
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,101769,00.asp
 
Ryan Dong didn't set out to become a spammer. The 23-year-old college student from Pontiac, Michigan, started his professional life working for a dot com. When the Web bubble burst, he found himself out of work and out of prospects. The computer science undergrad decided to start his own business, a recruiting site called Havoc Jobs. He began to promote the site using e-mail. And then he had an inspiration--why not make e-mail the business instead?..........................
 

Others believe that the best hope for eradicating spam is to educate the public to ignore it. "No one will admit to ordering Viagra or getting a diploma via spam," notes Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Jared Blank. "But spam wouldn't exist if it weren't so successful." .........................................................




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