I do this kind of thing for a living, in my real job - particularly, in email administration. I've also had a very popular blog both on livejournal and off, and I've worked to deal with spam for both my and other people's blogs. I don't expect you to take my word for it in the abstract, but:
Assume I'm wrong when I say that undeleted spam attracts spam.
Assume I'm wrong when I say that most spam contains malware and is dangerous to click on for all but the best-protected users.
Even given those two assumptions: Is there any reason why the presence of spam is a *good* thing? Is there ever any reason to NOT delete spam ASAP?
In the mean time, I assert that spam is an inherent bad, and that spam attracts spam, and that spam is inherently dangerous. And I can argue those if you want,
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I do this kind of thing for a living, in my real job - particularly, in email administration. I've also had a very popular blog both on livejournal and off, and I've worked to deal with spam for both my and other people's blogs. I don't expect you to take my word for it in the abstract, but:
Assume I'm wrong when I say that undeleted spam attracts spam.
Assume I'm wrong when I say that most spam contains malware and is dangerous to click on for all but the best-protected users.
Even given those two assumptions: Is there any reason why the presence of spam is a *good* thing? Is there ever any reason to NOT delete spam ASAP?
In the mean time, I assert that spam is an inherent bad, and that spam attracts spam, and that spam is inherently dangerous. And I can argue those if you want,