On Tuesday 17 June 2008 18:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > it still seems more likely that eFax.com is not spamming, but sends what > > some people think is spam,
I chuckle at this :) If they think it is Spam, it is spam for all intents and purposes if you are the email administrator or ISP trying to keep your cusomter, or trying to stop them from switching to your competitor.. But it brings up the important SA philosophy discussion, is SA meant to block UBE (Unwanted Bulk Email) or Spam? The former includes email marketing companies.. CAN Spam compliant <sic> or not.. Most end users are not always the brightest bulbs.. signing up for free horoscopes, or buying on line and not noticing the fine print.. but when they get on a marketers email list, often it makes their inbox unusable.. Email marketing has reached the point where statistically at some ISP's over 15% of all traffic is from email marketers.. When a typical ISP can easily block over 85% via commonly available tools including SA and freely available IP reputation tools, that 15% if it isn't stopped by those tools then becomes easily over 50% of the delivered email.. And I can personally attest to the poor people who feel like victims that were reaching over 95% of their inbox filled with email marketing, that did not believe any more that clicking 'unsubscribe' would help (and often they believe is a trick) until they starting blocking email marketing. SA I think needs to carefully consider it's role in this arena, and as you can see lately with the threads about habeas listed companies, efax, (and I could add info on many notorious marketing companies who 'claim' to be the good guys as well) that possibly a firm position statement on this issue is in order.. I think any form of 'whitelisting' email marketing companies personally, will lead to more of these discussions.. Jim, you want to lead off? -- -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Peddemors - President/CEO - LinuxMagic Products, Services, Support and Development Visit us at http://www.linuxmagic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Wizard IT Company - For More Info http://www.wizard.ca "LinuxMagic" is a Registered TradeMark of Wizard Tower TechnoServices Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 604-589-0037 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada This email and any electronic data contained are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and are not intended to represent those of the company.
