Ian P. Christian wrote: > 2009/2/3 Richard Pitt <[email protected]>: >> Yeah - every time I do any work on the systems I have to have a shower - >> but hey, its money ;) > > I am personally on a few legitimate email marketing lists, I don't > think there's anything overly wrong with it. If I want to know when a > new X is out from Y, then I'll sign up for their list. I'm sure > company Y send out mail to 10's of thousands, perhaps hundreds of > recipients mass commercial emails != spamming - it never has and > never will IMO. I don't think anyone can really argue a point against > it, so don't feel the need to shower after - unless they are pushing > viagra! >
Ah - 'semantics'. Mea Culpa. I don't actually consider Borders Books, Safeway supermarkets, several airlines that I use often, and my banks - all of which are lists I am on voluntarily - to be email 'marketing'. IOW not 'reaching out' in search of new markets or customers-to-be. Membership (of a virtual affinity group, say avid readers) or (regular) customer fulfillment would be more accurate, IMHO. In global terms these might qualify as 'mass' - but I see typically one message a month - or sometimes only one per quarter - from each of them. That said, one often has to opt-out in more than one 'place', for the more aggressive ones, major bank or not. 'If your mailer cannot display html ... [you are too intelligent to be one of *our* customers] :-( -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
