A rant....

[poltr1]

Some time ago, I used a graphic in one of my posts as part of a meme. The graphic came from an astrology website. (I won't name names, but part of its URL is tarot.com). In order for me to use the graphic, I had to sign up for their mailing list. Okay, no problem. So I did.

It's been over a year, and I'm still getting messages from them, at the rate of one every few days. I have two problems with their mailings.

First, the messages are image-oriented. For someone like me who (1) cut their teeth on Unix sendmail back in the 1980s and (2) still use dialup to this day, I don't see the value added in sending an image-oriented message when a text-oriented message will do. Also, image-oriented messages disenfranchise the small number of internet users who are blind and/or visually impaired.

Second, the frequency of the messages. In the 14 months that I've been getting email from them, I've received nearly 200 messages. I think that averages out to about two a week, maybe more. Is it really necessary to send that many email reminders to me? My memory isn't that short. I'd be comfortable receiving one reminder a month at the most from them.

Yes, I'm aware I can choose to unsubscribe from them. But that doesn't mean someone else can bombard me with their spam. Grr! Argh!

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[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Spammers and spammy-type sales droids think that images are mandatory to catch the viewer's eye, since "Everybody" has broadband nowadays. That's why one of my webmails (AT&T / Yahoo) strips the images from all incoming that they (or I) choose to route to the Spam folder instead of the Inbox. Although, since they are also my broadband provider, my webmail page is clustered with their own selection of image ads.

I wish that I could take that stripping function out and use it elsewhere.