OT Spam test

[Norm <maillist@xxxxxxx>]

A while ago a pop up offer me a free laptop if I signed up for several 
free offers showed up.  Yes I knew exactly what the site really was and 
if  actually got the free lap top I probably would have drop dead from 
the shock.
I created a separate email address I could monitor - they were the only 
ones with the address so I knew anything on that address was spam.  
Within 12 hours spam about 30 spam a day started to appear, I also gave 
my actual telephone number. I started to receive a number of nuisance 
calls within 12 hours as well. I could deal with the nuisance calls 
easily so that was not a bother  except for 1 persistent caller.  Had 
the calls been from a scum ball outfit I could have understood but the 
persistent pest was AOL. direct requests to remove me from their list 
did not work and they even laughed at me for making the request.  I 
finally resorted to contacting the head office and threatening legal 
action if the calls (5 or  6 a day continued) immediately the calls 
stopped - not 1 call after the email went to the head office legal 
department..
The obvious close association between spamers and AOL is a concern and 
to me explains in part why spam is such a problem to stop.
When I get bored counting the spam I will close the email address but 
for now it has been a month and the spam shows no sign of slowing down.  
I am tempted to bounce it all to AOL and let them deal with the spm.