On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Tuesday, November 07, 2000, 11:39:24 AM, you wrote:
>
> > This thread is sure active.
> > I don't find Adam's view extreme. My guess is that Adam is referring to
> > Opensrs contacting his customer base. Adam?
>
> I was referring to this:
> >> I don't believe anyone
> >> should be contacted in any way without their prior permission, except in
> >> extraordinary circumstances.
>
> Adam has previously and in this email indicated that the doesn't think
> that ANY contact without prior permission for any purpose by anyone is
> appropriate, whether by email, mail, or phone.
>
> That's extreme.
I don't think so. In business it's seen as protecting your customer base
from undue interference. People these days are so anti-spam (i.e. any
unsolicited email counts) that such an approach could cause them to
respond negatively.
Now I expect only a few will in fact go overboard - but sometimes that's
enough.
regards
joe
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