Spam gets 1 response per 12,500,000 emails


	Spam gets 1 response per 12,500,000 emails

PrettyCreatures

11-10-2008 12:02 PM

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PrettyCreatures says:

I would like to see a study like this done on the annoying pop ups I get.

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