I agree with you on every detail - but don't believe that for a spammer the adresses are important at a price Michel hopes for.
Pretty certain that unethical ways to suck spammable information are ways cheaper.

>That doesn't mean I want more spam. There's nothing stopping a spamming company from buying the UT except Michel. In the end, it doesn't matter what a potential buyer tells him about their plans, they can do anything they want with the data, code etc once they own it.
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>>Like we don't already deal with spam on a daily basis?
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>>Don't get me wrong, I am all for privacy. I'm not sure Michel has much data about us that is all that private. Probably contact info and some stats on which forums and sections we visit here. IMO a buyer would reasonably expect to receive that information.