An Interview With A Spammer

Mike, an average Joe-spammer, made an average of $40,000 per month sending spam to millions of inboxes between 1997 to 2000.

However, due to the ISP's aggressive anti-spam filtering systems, he admits, "spamming just isn't paying the bills like it used to... it's no longer easy money. We are throwing in the towel"

But check out this statement:

Spam Slayer: Meet Average-Joe Spammer

If nobody was really interested in spam and never bought anything that was advertised to them, spam would go away. But people are interested in spam. As long as people buy things advertised in spam then people like me will send bulk e-mail. Are we really that different from so-called legitimate bulk e-mailers? I don't think there is a whole lot of difference.

I find it interesting that spammers like Mike are losing money and giving up this "source of income" not as a result of of CAN-SPAM laws, or people who have been educated to fight and stay clear of spam... but because of one of the biggest annoyances to legitimate ezine publishers like myself... the ISP's e-mail filtering system.

I have mixed feelings.