This morning, at work, I received the nicest spam I've ever been sent. It was polite, properly capitalized, and well-targeted (I work in what is broadly an academic technology department). And it seems to be advertising a legitimate product, too...

Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:43:43 -0700
To: Michelle Lee
From: "Edwin Jones"
Subject: ELearnChina Conference 2003
X-Perlmx-Spam: Gauge=, Probability=0%, Report="ADDR_IN_WHITELIST"

Hi there,

I hope you don't mind but I got your email address from your web site. You may be interested in coming to our conference [I think] which focuses on E-Learning, Knowledge Management, Training, Localisation and the like for the Chinese Market [biggest growth area for these types of product at the moment].

If you are interested please see http://www.elearning-conference.com.

The conference is in July in Edinburgh and there is now a special conference discount, which is available from the site [£400 GBP Discount on original rate].

Cheers,
Edwin
Sales, China Conferences
Tel +44 131 440 9881
Fax +44 131 440 9882
edwin@elearning-conference.com