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Old 12-06-2006, 05:48 PM   #9
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Can someone explain what spammers gain by their activities, other than pissing people off? For instance does in only take one sucker for every million emails sent to make what ever they are hocking profitable? Also I wonder if the anti-spam software companies are in bed with the enemy thereby creating job security.
It's closer to 1% effective which means if it costs you a few hundred dollars per day you can get a huge return on investment

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