To access the information on and participate in Mailing Lists, you have to subscribe. And so you might think of Mailing Lists as narrowcasting. Also keep in mind that some people do not want to receive vast amounts of email - and on a busy mailing list, you will. If your email does become unmanageable however, you can always organise additional email addresses, and in this way separate your mail. Internet Business and Fraud Caution.
Online society is a fair mirror of offline society.
This all well and true, the scam artists do exist, and the best combat to them, as in offline life, is common sense. Don't revel personal or financial information to business you are unsure about. This does not mean you will have any trouble with reputable and good companies - and there are many thousands doing great business over the Internet, some of which would be turning over more than a million US dollars a day on credit cards. A gateway to both importing and exporting, the Internet allows powerful access to global markets like no other media. Computer Viruses Computer Viruses are a genuine concern for computer users.