Blast email for marketing

[MillCreek]

On one of my personal email accounts (the one that I use for junk email), I just received a email announcing the opening of a new dental clinic near my home.  The email has a return address of some marketing firm.  I know with certainty that I have never had any contact with this dental clinic or marketing firm.  So I have to ask: how did they know my email address?  Is there such a thing as sending out emails to a defined geographical area?  I was chatting with my neighbors out at the mail box, and they received the same email as well.

[KD5NRH]

So I have to ask: how did they know my email address?

After you beat the answer out of one of them, let us know.

[Jamisjockey]

They buy your email address from other local businesses:  Cable, telephone, cell providers.  When you sign up for discount cards at any local businesses.  Pretty much they all sell your email and personal info.

[charby]

They buy your email address from other local businesses:  Cable, telephone, cell providers.  When you sign up for discount cards at any local businesses.  Pretty much they all sell your email and personal info.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Also bots harvest info when you are surfing the web.

[MechAg94]

One of my alternate emails has the name of Alexander Thegreat listed.  I have gotten mail for that name.

[Brad Johnson]

One of my alternate emails has the name of Alexander Thegreat listed.  I have gotten mail for that name.

Alex Anderthee Grate.  Oh, the possibilities...

Brad

[KD5NRH]

I got a flyer addressed to "No Junkmail" at my address once.  Can't remember where it was that I used that on some form, but the sender was a business I'd never dealt with, so obviously they bought the list.

Guess I'm going to have to start using "Idon'tbuycrapfromjunkmailers Evenifilikeyourproducti'llstopbuyingit" as a pseudonym.

[Jamisjockey]

When you register one of those shopping cards
(Area code) 867 5309
Your Moms Boyfriend
Address, local titty bar.