| GP |
Posted
on 23-Jul-01 11:25 PM
Anysite that seeks emails to be registered to their
database and confirmation registration via email
means invitation of more junk mail to your email
address. Though they are (because of law) required
to provide a link to cancel or disconnect registration,
hardly it works. Well, I have registered my hotmail
address on the very first months of hotmail service
innovation, and later, as a new user and because of
less resource in internet, I overwhemlingly registered
my email address to certain sites that looked interesting
and useful for sometime. Wow, I tried to disconnect
them, then, I got more. If you try to disconnect your
earlier registrations, in fact, you are registering
again. Thats a kind of tricks. Though, my experience
looks cynical, but, its a fact. I get every day about
50-100 mails in my "junk mail" directory. Thanks to
Hotmail's junk mail directory. The junk mails do
not start from USA, now a days, some of them even
originate from Nepal.
So, my suggestion to all those who wish to get some
info. on certain things, its better to get free copies,
(getting info at the cost of your email registration
is not equal to free copy). Its better to avoid
those sites, well, registration of IP address should be
enough at least for me. I do not wish, sidha sadha
manche finally have headache of cleaning 100s of junk mails
everyday. Well, some might suggest to use some dummy emails,
but, others call it unethical. Still, the job of opening
and cleaning such dummy email address will become equally
stressful once its about exceeding the capacity of the
free email box size. Overall, my suggestion (though
passimistic) is not to register your emails, well, IP
adress is unavoidable if you click on any link. IP
address is not personally that dangerous as your email.
Ashu, I did not mean to discount your recommendation,
but, just wanted some new comers don't become victim
of junk mails.
Thanks.
Do you Hahoo!
GP
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| the real ashu |
Posted
on 24-Jul-01 02:33 AM
Hi GP-ji,
I think you have a valid point.
One way to avoid junk emails could be to open up a random
email account and submit that account as yours to these sites.
That way, you can always access the articles on those
Web sites, and, if they send you junk emails, then those
are sent to your that non-the-usual email account.
That said, if you are interested in business and finance,
then e-subscribing to the mckinseyquarterly is probably
a good idea.
oohi
ashu
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