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> exponentially worse than the physical mail system used to be Really? Ignoring the "Spam" folder (which I never check), I get way less junk email than snail m
by antsar 6y ago
> exponentially worse than the physical mail system used to be
Really? Ignoring the "Spam" folder (which I never check), I get way less junk email than snail mail. And the snail mail is reliably 95% unsolicited garbage.
To be fair, Fastmail lets you set rules to route stuff to Junk, whereas USPS actively facilitates routing garbage to your mailbox [0].
[0] https://www.usps.com/business/advertise-with-mail.htm https://www.usps.com/business/advertise-with-mail.htm
- notyourwork 6y agoYou must be older because I've found my parents get a lot of junk mail. My wife and I get very little junk mail though we also rarely provide our physical address. I get tons of email, a lot of it being spam. I've had my email address for well over a decade.
- antsar 6y agoI'm ~28. > rarely provide our physical address This. We order lots of stuff online, and I'd guess our info has been resold to 3rd parties many times. I provide a PO box whenever possible, but if something is being shipped...