Letters from the Son of Spam.(Brief Article)

Spain is the bane of most computer users' lives. Being publisher of a newspaper, I receive well above the national quotient of spam e-mails. When you work at a newspaper everybody with a wacky idea or new product of earth-shaking consequence wants to get it into print for thousands to see.

But let's be courteous. If somebody is going to take the time to write to me--whether exclusively or as part of a million-address spam transmission--I should at least have the decency to write back. So I thought I would share with you the first sentence or two of some of my favorite spam messages and my replies, which appear in parentheses.

* "Get VIAGRA' (Get me off your …