The not-for-profit outfits seem to be entering the world of spammers. I think this is unwise. So far, in the past week, I have told two that I regularly support (to a small degree), and who sent me multiple unsolicited electronic "newsletters", that they would no longer be receiving my dollars and they may as well take me off their paper mailing lists too. Now, as I have never given either of these outfits my email address, I must conclude that they are spamming in general rather than sending newsletters out to their actual supporters -- which would itself be unreasonable unless said supporters signed up for that.

I see this as very different from places where I'm already on the mailing list for content and occasionally they ask for money. I don't have a problem with them using their usual means of talking to me to ask for support.

This is a new one on me. I just got spam (that bypassed the pobox spam-rating system with narry a blip) from someone selling diapers and other baby-related stuff. That's just as far off the mark as the spam I get telling me I can enlarge my penis.

But it gets better. You see, she's not actually advertising a brand of diapers. She says that if I send her $3 she'll tell me the *name* of this amazing brand of diapers (and also the name of an amazing brand of formula, and some other junk). So it's spam advertising ads!

The mind boggles.

(Oh, and send cash or make checks out to "cash"; there's no actual name...)

I just got email from "Network Commerce" (clearly a spammer from general message properties) urging me to give blood. I don't know whether to be annoyed because it's spam or encouraged that even spammers might have hearts. Well, whatever.