Amazingly, since my last post thing have been going pretty well!

I wrote that yesterday, and things were still okay this morning. However I’ve annoyed one many spam-savvy academics, one too many times (maybe).

I’m not sure exactly what happened, but I was reported to spamcop.net, who notified my ISP who then temporarily disabled my account.

So I think, for the time being, this project will have to go on hold. I still want to continue it in the same vain, but I will have to either find a way to legitimise what in reality is spam; or simply only involve people who decide to take part off their own free will. I do feel however, doing that would detract from what (has proved to be, I think) a fun experience for at least 90% of the people who have responded to my mailings.

I’ll be posting again soon, I’m going to collate all of the submissions from recipients of my spam emails – its quite a nice little collection of nuances now! And hopefully I’ll facilitate a way in that which I can further the project somehow. I still have the ultimate wish of making this a gallery-based piece that can be tangibly viewed by the public. Not just a web-based experience.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far, its been lovely!

May the lap of the spamGods be with you.