Spammer motives

From: Itz Just Me (aperson_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:53:08 -0500

Just out of curiosity, what would the motivation be for a spammer to
go to so much trouble trying to get into my (our) mailboxes when it's
evident we are not interested in the message?

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