The face of spam

It's not every day you come face to face with one of your e-nemeses. This was the case on the Comdex show floor when I wandered into the booth of Universal Toner, makers of low-cost inkjet and laser printer refill products.

I've created countless spam filters, with such keywords as "toner," "inkjet," and "refill" to keep my inbox uncluttered, but the flood of e-mails from companies hawking inkjet refill kits (which incidentally, look like IV drug paraphernalia) just keep coming.

I own an inkjet printer, so I told a sales rep at the Universal booth that I would consider his products if he promised my name would be taken off his company's electronic mailing list. He assured me that his company was innocent of spamming.

"We don't do that,” I was assured. “That must be out competitor, TonerToGo." When asked if I'd like to be on the company’s mailing list, I declined.

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