Cut that crap out. That's why people hate email. It is trivial in almost all cases nowadays to get off of those sorts of lists.
Today I have gotten emails: interview info from MS, an announcement as to why the University's power went out, payroll setup info for my Uni, tech advice from a startup friend, and an email from my TA about my lab today.
None of that would have been visible/accessible or possible to communicate to me through anything besides email.
Actually, that _is_ pruned. I'm only getting the notices I want / need for various reasons, not the spam, and do periodically dump senders who aren't interesting any more. Yet I still end up with eMail as overwhelmingly a commercial medium.
Today I have gotten emails: interview info from MS, an announcement as to why the University's power went out, payroll setup info for my Uni, tech advice from a startup friend, and an email from my TA about my lab today.
None of that would have been visible/accessible or possible to communicate to me through anything besides email.