John Todd wrote: > On Nov 5, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > >> FYI/Heads up, >> >> I /just/ received what looks like a phishing attempt for information >> about Open Source PBX usage. It says it comes from Digium but all the >> links (including the one for digium.com) point elsewhere. >> >> >> Rod > > > Rod - > It's a "legitimate" mail from Digium. We're trying to use the > tools that others have built instead of building our own systems, so > this particular company that we've chosen for research collection has > their own hosts outside of the Digium DNS and server structure. > Myself, I'm a big fan of Google Docs but they do have some > shortcomings (like also not being in our DNS or server structure) and > not everyone uses the same tools here at Digium. "There's more than > one way to do it", as goes one of the more famous Asterisk sayings. > > Sorry if that message you received seemed unusual or unexpected > because of the URL format. You can opt-out at the bottom of the > emailings in the future if you wish, though some of the data that > we're collecting will be tangentally useful in promoting OSS Asterisk > in various forms. And to proactively answer the next question that > may come up from someone: We've _never_ used the asterisk-* mailing > list for any direct marketing email input lists. In other words: > whatever email address you've used for the asterisk-* lists is > private, and Digium never uses those for marketing purposes.
Thanks for the info John. I figured the addresses used on the lists were _private_. And if memory serves my correct when I did a download a few month ago I gave my email address and an OK to contact me. The breaking point was the digium.com link. Rod -- > JT > > > --- > John Todd > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-256-428-6083 > Asterisk Open Source Community Director > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
