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CANOE spams, email thrives

Like the ghost of Hamlet’s father, CANOE Money began appearing to me each night at the same time. Starting Monday I began receiving CANOE Money’s Mortgage Alert, as I requested. Strangely enough, I'd never requested it on the email address I was receiving it at. In fact I can’t recall ever requesting it…

In fact upon receiving it on Monday, I tried to unsubscribe. But Tuesday night I received it again.

Perhaps it would be useful if the links inside were valid, but many redirect to Webfin — the rest point to pages with CANOE Money’s branding. The email itself still references the two-year-dead i|money.

Speaking of email, the most popular Internet app officially turns twenty today, although it was “invented” in 1971.