| E-mail provider |
Spam-attracting behavior |
Unwanted messages after one week |
Unwanted messages after one month |
|
America Online
|
Entering chat rooms
|
8
|
37
|
|
America Online
|
Entering online sweepstakes
|
2
|
28
|
|
Hotmail
|
Posting in an online forum
|
0
|
19.4 (average per month over a year)
|
|
Netaddress
|
Posting e-mail address at Web sites (Tripod, personal domain)
|
0
|
1 (average over six months)
|
|
Mac.com
|
Joining shopping sites (eBay, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk)
|
0
|
0 (3 promotions in one year)
|
|
Excite.com
|
Posting at "remove me from mailing list" sites
|
0
|
0
|
|
America Online
|
Registering software and hardware purchases (Real, Gateway, Dell)
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mail.com
|
Joining subscription sites that don't publish names (New York Times, iVillage)
|
0
|
0
|
|
America Online
|
Signing up for e-mail newsletters
|
0
|
0
|
|
Yahoo
|
Having an e-mail account
|
0
|
0
|
|
America Online
|
Having an e-mail account
|
0
|
0
|
