{"id":2055,"date":"2011-12-02T15:39:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2011-12-02T15:51:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:51:32","slug":"im-sorry-my-friends-but-i-dont-love-your-spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/im-sorry-my-friends-but-i-dont-love-your-spam\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m sorry my friends but I don’t love your spam"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday and all while I’m sitting tight waiting for the delivery of my new camera<\/strong><\/a>, I thought I’d reach out to my friends.<\/p>\n

I love you all – I just don’t love your spam.<\/em><\/p>\n

You know who you are: every funny video you see on YouTube, every joke your co-worker sent you, every damn recipe your mom wants to share with the rest of the world – you stick all that in an email and send it my way.<\/p>\n

Seriously, I thought I wade through enough unsolicited emails daily; from lowball offers for domains to inquiries about purchasing services I myself provide, such as web and graphics development. The last thing I need is more spam, from my own friends.<\/p>\n

I call it “friendly fire<\/em>” spam.<\/p>\n

So here’s what I do to fight back – gently.<\/p>\n

I use Gmail to retrieve my email, then mark those multiple daily emails of yours as spam. Gmail learns fast to recognize what I don’t like. Hey presto, more time to deal with regular spam.<\/p>\n

I hope you still love me. TGIF<\/strong>. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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