FC: NYT editorial admits "grudging admiration" for spam

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "baud boy" <bizzong () hotmail com>
To: declan () well com
Subject: NYTs spam OP/ED
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 23:35:53 -0500

Declan,

check out Tuesday's NYTs op/ed on spam.  They even go so far as praising 
the writers of the spam?!

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/06/opinion/06TUE4.html

"...Still, it is hard not to feel a grudging admiration for the anonymous 
wordsmiths behind these pitches. The subject line on most e-mail programs 
is roughly 50 characters, a limit that makes haiku look verbose. In that 
small space the writer needs to find a way to make an instantaneous 
connection. The best subject headers — "Come see my new house," "Let me 
explain" — make as compelling an emotional appeal as a good greeting card, 
in far fewer words."




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