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Originally Posted by wayspooled
In answer to your question as to "why" they request an email address instead of just forwarding you upon payment to a download page - it's so they can send you advertisements and sell your email address. It's designed that way on purpose. All that folks have said above is certainly true in a technical sense but there are other ways of providing you the ability download it. This is the reason they want the email address.  |
My practical experience suggests that this is untrue. I have a hotmail account that I use purely for registering with stores with. I always check the "Please don't send me any information" box. That account has not received one spam message in over three years. Zero.
What bookstores have sold your e-mail address resulting in your receiving spam?