Lets face it, nothing you do will stop spam from clogging your inbox. You can filter it, you can “train” your computer, but the evil bastards sending it seem smarter than the people writing the filters, so we are boned…. but there is hope. Ok, there is no hope or cake, but if you want to make something good of spam, use the new “Slostad technique” and I guarantee double your money in 6 months or send it back for a full refund.
All you have to do is use the crazy random names in the “from” column as inspiration to contact old friends, acquaintances, or arch-enemies that you may have been letting rest since your last battle. For example, today I got an advertisement for some wang pills or some such from someone named ”Stephan D. Nix” (may you rot in a special part of hell). I used this opportunity to contact 2 friends, one named Stephen, one named Stephanie. Ends up that Stephen had all sorts of wonderful news, and hopefully we will be getting together to visit in the next month or so.
Since I started doing this a few months ago, I have contacted two to three people a week, and though I still say terrible things about the spammers, I at least get something good out of their jackassery.