They told me so.

Pornagraphy apparently really is a matter of geography. Though e-mail truly is an international phenomenon, putting us into instant contact we people anywhere in the world, an e-mail address gives us geographical bearings. All of my POP accounts end in .il, making it clear that I (or the account) am in Israel. My hotmail.co.il account doesn't get junk mail, but as I discovered with a vengeance, my hotmail.com account most certainly does.

I should have expected this, having quoted someone in that long ago column that dealt with spam who apparently also had an e-mail account that didn't fully accurately identify his geographic location:

I get at least 2 spam messages every day for things as varied as get-rich-quick schemes, ways to remortgage my house, as well as a message offering to show me how to spam thousands of people (for a mere US$25 !). Of course, pity I live in Australia because, ironically in this global networked age, nearly all these wonderful, never to be missed offers are aimed at US citizens!!!

But I suppose that I didn't really understand what he was telling me until, years later, I was inundated with junk mail myself.

Go to: My inbox runneth over.