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Subject: Re: [9fans] spam (was "pathetic")
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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
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Date: Mon,  1 Mar 2004 16:07:11 +0100
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to continue OT, I wrote:
> With respect to paper spam avoidance in the netherlands
[there is an official avoidance scheme withe labels on mailboxes]
> They work well - only occasionally something unwanted slips though.

And maybe that's the reason (combined with low effectiveness of even
'well targeted' direct mail?) that we nowadays get those unsolicited
phone calls 'do you have a minute?'. they are _really_ annoying.
and when I suggest 'whatever you have to say, why don't you stuff it
in an envelope and mail it to me' they say: 'no, out of principle,
we never send something...'. oh well..