Comments on: Reducing spam

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Save time with less spam | — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:21:08 +0000

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Phone or email... | — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:31:15 +0000

[...] writing about including an email address on printed materials the other day, I mentioned that I prefer emails to phone [...]

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By: tashword

tashword — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:39:58 +0000

You’re welcome Stephen – it’s a great post! I totally agree that printing email addresses is a risk – I was just thinking of other aspects of not giving email addresses.

My usual response is that I wish spammers would get a life!

By: Stephen Spry

Stephen Spry — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:27:18 +0000

Hi Tash

Thanks for linking to my article!

I suggested people should not print an email address on any offline stationery, for one main reason…

Because some “clever” person you know WILL enter your business card details into an online facility, and the robots will grab it.

For example, maybe someone collects local business cards to set up an online web “directory” of local businesses. NIce free publicity, but at what cost if they include your email address?

Or a business associate uses your email with a “refer-a-friend” script or similar to tell you about something that might be interesting. And it ends up being used for other illegitimate purposes.

It’s happened to me more than once, contributing to my growing collection of daily spam.

So naturally, I’m still very reluctant to print an email address on business stationery

Cheers
Stephen