Only softphone I ever downloaded (and promptly deleted) was xten. And no, I never "register" with this email address.
> -----Original Message----- > From: C F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 5:13 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO? > > > Interesting, I've been on this list for almost a year now, > and I didn't recieve this spam. Are you sure you didn't > download any sip softphones and gave your email address? In > which case it is NOT spam, you gave your email address to them. > > > On 7/22/05, Jay Milk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jerry Glomph Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:18 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed > by GIZMO? > > > > > > It's not a spam. They are not yokels. Don't know about you.... > > > > > > Gizmo is basically a different front end offered by the > Sipphone.com > > > people, to offer an alternative to Skype which is not a > closed jail > > > (interoperates with all SIP devices, asterisk, etc.). > > > > > > I think they sent the mail to all registered sipphone.com users. > > > > Dear Glomph, > > > > Thanks, I know what the Gizmo project is. I'm just not interested. > > > > And yes, it's spam: > > 1. It's unsolicited -- I'm not registered on Sipphone.com. > It came in > > through an email address I use exclusively for the > asterisk-users list > > and a small volume of personal mail. 2. It's commercial -- > #5 of "10 > > more things to do" reads "Add $10 in CallOut credit to your account > > and talk for hours". So, they're trying to sell me something. > > > > Yokel: "A clumsy, unsophisticated person". I think that would be > > their preferred label... Why? Because if you send unsolicited > > commercial email in the US without offering a way to opt > out of future > > mailings, you're either clumsy and unsophisticated, or you're a > > criminal. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and called them > > "yokels". If that term offends you in any way, then let's use the > > more factual "criminals." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > To > UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
