> each one arriving within hours despite my repeated, polite “no thank you” responses
why anyone would respond to spammers, if they recognize them as spammers? And want them to stop spamming?
Because he decided to write an investigation article and wanted to see what would happen.
I don't think he replies to all spam emails.
Beat me to it. Why isn’t every unsolicited pitch without an unsubscribe link immediately blocked/marked as spam?