Old Mc Donald had a spam!

Arz kiya hai
Old Mc Donald had a spam ,eeya eeya oh
And in that spam he won a fortune, eeya eeya oh
From Discount printer ink to Free sex pills
From Madhumati Singh to Deborah Whitney
What else could he ask for, eeya eeya oh

Taaliyaan, Taaliyan

Well, this post is dedicated to all those mails which lie in the dark corner of your mailbox, also known as the 'spam'

Different spam filters work differently, i.e, in google and yahoo, the mails go in the spam folder and remain there for 30 days or unless one deletes them. Indiatimes had the worst mailbox (sometimes I wonder it had a mailbox with a hole!) which showers mails into the inbox, leaving the user to decide 'spam or not spam' which gave me a good reason to stick with only yahoo and google.

The point is that sometimes these mails feel so real that one might be taken for a ride if any button linked to it is clicked even once. Sometimes, people who trust these distress mails get duped of their online savings in their banks. Recently, a group from London operated in this way promising lucarative jobs in exchange for a service fee.

Other kind of spam mails recieved only during the festival season are also irritating, you know that the author doesn't care for you and doesn't really mean anything by the greeting, its just an eyewash, a business strategy, nothing else!
But, even after knowing this, we treasure mails in the hope that may be there is a 0.01% chance if the author really meant it. Here's one of them

Dear MR. JEETENDRA

As 2008 dawns to a close and 2009 beckons, I want to personally thank you for your continued patronage of Kingfisher Airlines.

It was an exciting year for Kingfisher Airlines. We launched our international operations and introduced Kingfisher Red, a new class of service that will redefine low fare flying. As we enter 2009, we will continue to raise the bar on India’s only Five Star flying experience with innovative service offerings, and will be adding new international routes starting with direct flights from Mumbai to London, Singapore, Hong Kong.

I am glad to inform you that Kingfisher Airlines now connects 70 destinations with 440 daily flights. I regularly receive feedback from valuable guests like you and want to thank you for your kind wishes, great ideas and suggestions on how we can offer you an even better journey with Kingfisher Airlines.

Here’s raising a toast to this festive season and wishing you a very Happy New Year.


Warm Regards,

Dr. Vijay Mallya
Chairman & CEO
Kingfisher Airlines Limited