I received one a couple of hours ago that had a pretty good offer in it, one that I a least was willing to check out further. It was a network marketing program that was in Pre-Launch and I had not heard of it before, so it appeared to be pretty new. The email had no name on it either in body or in "From" line. All it had was a URL to web site.

So off I went to web site. The home page was well done and it described a typical network marketing program. There was no identification on home page as to who sponsor was nor was there any specific information about company other than its name. I spotted a link entitled "About Us" and clicked on that.

Nothing there either in respect to name of individuals running business, where it was located or how to contact them. You would think that on a page titled "About Us" you would see that type of information. But all this page had on it was a description of a network marketing company, in generic terms.

So I checked out page "Terms of Membership" and that page was also void of any contact information. I did note that company was probably in Texas since part of agreement indicated that ......would be governed by laws of State of Texas.

I checked out every page and they were all void of any identification of people running program. Even "Contact Us" page had a input form to send them a message rather than listing an actual email address.

I also love to read ezines to which I have subscribed. I often learn a lot from them, and get many article ideas just by bouncing off of what others have said.

However, there's that certain once in a while when all of a sudden...

THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH!!!!

I subscribe to something like 12-15 ezines. Honestly speaking, that's not very many either. These are all ones that I usually read. Plus there are two others that won't go away. I've actually gone through unsubscribe process 3-4 times and yet they still come.

I'm also subscribed to a publisher's discussion list, about 8 article announcement lists, and am on about 15 other company mailing lists.

Then there's other publisher's I converse with regularly. Plus, I have to answer questions concerning my services, feedback from readers, process free ads from new subscribers, and I occasionally get letter from Mom and Dad.

So, let me tell you, there's times it can really pile up. Especially if I do something drastic like take a day off.

I'm not complaining, mind you, I do love my business and hearing from everyone involved. The only reason I'm bringing this up is to ask a simple question.

Besides all of these regular emails I get, I receive a few others as well. Many people call them 'spam' emails. I've come to think of them in a different term, however. I call them Jokes.

Look people, I get on average 60 emails a day. Most, say 45-50 of these are legitimate things such as that named above that I want to look at and respond to in many cases.

So, those of you out there that send me these 'joke' emails, I ask you...

Do you really think after dealing with all that other stuff that I'm even going to consider looking at an email coming from someone I don't know with subject line of "Help! I'm Making Too Much Money!" or "Your $10,000 Commission is Here!"?