If you were to send it to a list like this then its SPAM.
If, on the other hand, its a mail to people internally surely you have
rules governing what can be sent over the network?
In the past the company I worked for allowed this, but as the numbers grew messages
sent out to ALL USERs (for example) has become strictly
prohibited because of the amount of people that like to use the reply to
all buttons. Instead they've implemented an intranet bulletin board.
If you want to get this sort of information across you should just speak
with people, word will soon get about and you'll probably find out whose
interested thereby avoiding the unsolicitation.
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Subject: What is SPAM - Please comment
Dear All
I would be interested in any comments about the following ethical
problem.
Recently I was contacted by an acquaintance who sent me the following
email.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hi
I would be grateful if you could forward an email to your colleague's
users about a number of telephony and Internet access packages I am
involved in offering to BT users. The Broadband Offerings start at
�15.99, which I believe is amongst the cheapest around. Tiscali that I
know you have good experiences of supplies the packages. They would all
save your users money and some of them are free. If you want to you
could join up as an associate and make money as well. The users can find
out more info by visiting www.telco-store.com
Thanks for your assistance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
My question to you is whether if I were to send out a mail to my
colleagues would you consider this Spam. I do believe that this is a
good offering from a reputable company which would save my users money
but it could fall under the category of unsolicited email. However so is
a global email to my users warning them of Spam from Nigeria for example
or warning them that somebody has left their car headlights on in the
works carpark !! Do you consider this different to producing a paper
notice about this offering and sticking it on the works notice board.
I welcome your comments
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http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service?
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