this recent release of vinyl osx really brings some welcome new features. i have noticed that tick, pops, low-rumbling and high scratchy sounds are even more realistic now, and have a deeper more three-dimensional sound. the pops in particular seem to resonate more, and the new version seems to add some subtle analog sound degeration at random intervals as well, a really nice touch, imo. as to the e-mail address question, i dont think that my spam has increased much since i began using vinyl, as i still get the same 15 or 20 spam e-mails per day that i always got, and they go straight into the junk folder and are then deleted anyway. acutally, i think the e-mail address is only used as a asci-variable by which the plug-in triggers differing personalized sound output. i say this after trying entereing different e-mail addresses and subsequently hearing alternate vinyl sound modificaitons to the original track. in all, a wonderful and highly useful bit of software that will be appreciated by today's cutting-edge digital music artists and nostalgia buffs alike.