# Sometimes data mining gets things completely wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534 "2024-06-05T22:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534/8 "2024-06-06T10:32:13Z")
I used to be on an email list for petrochemical engineers. I even started a thread about it: > [@I'm a Spanish-speaking mining/petrochemical engineer? (not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-spanish-speaking-mining-petrochemical-engineer-not/728781): > > My email address seems to have gotten on a list of purported Spanish-speaking mining or petrochemical engineers. Or something like that, considering all Spanish language spam I get with technical terms in the subject lines. Here’s a small sample of the subject lines: [ul] [li]Especializacion en Compresores de Gas Natural[/li][li]Mantenimiento Electrico en Atmosferas Explosivas[/li][li]API 1104 Soldadura de tuberias[/li][li]Tuberias para Combustible bajo ASME B31.4[/li][li]Tecnicas de Alineamie… I thought once one is on an email list, you never get off, but those emails stopped coming. And I have not changed my email address. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534)._