I started a consulting firm nearly 6 years ago (also named "SharpLogic Software", ironically) and signed up for a TGI Fridays card so I could earn points towards...whatever. As part of the signup process I gave them my email address and unintentionally became signed up for their monthly email. When I closed shop to join Microsoft 4 years ago, I took the domain offline and my ISP set up a bouncer to indicate all email to that domain was no longer valid. Now that the domain is back up, I'm getting the emails every month, which shows that they never stopped sending them over the 4 year period it was rejecting the messages. I wonder what effect anti-spam laws will have when well-intentioned companies aren't doing their part to minimize the email they send. Sure, I'm just as much to blame for not going up to their site and unsubscribing, but it's surprising that someone didn't catch the mail exceptions and remove them from the list after a few months worth of bounces. Maybe it's too much work for something that costs practically nothing. I wonder if anyone does that?
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