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Deliveries of spam disrupted as Hotmail staff go on strike

 Hotmail workers simply unable to keep it upInternet users have today been warned to expect severe delays to their deliveries of spam messages following the decision by Hotmail staff to walkout over pay and conditions. Workers at the internet’s premier junk mail courier have resorted to industrial action after months of growing resentment at having to deliver ever larger quantities of messages promising great offers on herbal remedies for flatulence and informing customers that their online degree is ready for collection.

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Posted: Nov 4th, 2009
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Spam luncheon meat company admits email campaign ‘a disaster’

It's safest not to open‘If I didn’t know better, I’d say the emails weren’t getting through for some reason,’ said the company’s Head of Marketing.

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Posted: Jun 1st, 2009
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Isle of Wight man dies trying to answer 3,000 spam emails a day

he had to reply to them allArthur Spriggs, 78, of Sandown IoW was found slumped over his computer this morning and later pronounced dead of exhaustion, after attempting to answer every single spam email in his inbox.

Arthur’s widow Maisie, 75, tearfully explained that her late husband was meticulously polite all his life, and believed it was good manners to answer all correspondence promptly.

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Posted: Apr 5th, 2009
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