MediaJoltz

Some how for the new year, our email has gotten inundated with extra spam.  I think its because the company that hosts has changed their filter settings or something.

Anyway, when I look at all the email people are sending out to me, I have to shake my head.  In an age where it is very hard NOT to be able to find out SOMETHING about the person you are sending an email to, these spammers really are far behind.

When you look my name up, you find out about this blog, and if you read the last few post on this blog you find out that I’m pregnant and am expecting in May.  Even if you didn’t have my name, just my email address, the second hit that comes up is a comment on a blog talking about a baby travel system because I am expecting.  Its not hard to find out what is really important in my life right now.

Yet, the spam junk mail I have received has been about losing weight.  Taking this pill taking that pill or this program.  Um, I actually am suppose to be gaining weight.  I see the doctor in one day and I haven’t reached my weight gain yet.  So anything about dieting is immediately thrown out.  I have received a few emails about working from home, which is more along the lines of what MIGHT interest me, but I have said in twitter and numerous other places that I am trying to cut back on the amount of “work” I am doing in trying to clean up the house and get the nursery ready and am prepared to fill my role as mom.

And if spammers looked a little deeper-because Amazon certainly knows the latest searches I’ve performed, they would know that I have looked and looked and only recently found a prenatal yoga video I like.  We just got our baby travel system-but my searches are now centered around cribs and bedding and stencils for the nursery.  I’ve done so much research and searches on bassinets vs. cradles and breastfeeding vs formula, swings and bouncers, clothing and tons of other things.

Too bad spammers waste their time sending useless junk my way.  If I received a spam email about a bassinet or a crib or toys it might be something that actually caught my eye.  It is such a pitty they annoy me with such junk when with a single search they might actually send me something that I open.