[dfxm12]

I think amounts of different types of spam one gets is variable, but it's trivial to ignore email spam. Even a smaller amount of spam in your snail mailbox has some negative side effects over spam in your email mailbox.

* An overstuffed mailbox tells burglars you're away

* There's more waste involved - it mostly goes to landfill (unopened)

* An overstuffed mailbox leaves less room for legit mail (most email services are good at creating a focused mailbox, so there's not the same signal to noise issue there)

* ID theft is probably easier from intercepting a preapproved credit card application than being able to hack your email password