On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:36:02 +1300 Yuri de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > No, we just differ on the definition of spam. =) > > If you personally come across an email on a website (ie not > via harvesting bot) and construct an email to that > advertised > email address, then it is not spam, IMHO. bullshit. i advertise my address on my web page to solicit email fromprospective clients, not email from porn/penis enhancement/viagra/photocopier/whatever vendors. Advertising an email address does not solicit all email of any kind. > > This is what Jason did. > Even if you do that several times to several email addresses > that > people advertise on their websites, it's still not spam, > IMHO. > > The email address published on the website is usually not > the personal > email address of individuals in the company. > > Come on peoples, lighten up. This is not a bulk mailing to > random netizens. This is specific emails to the published > addresses > of certain businesses that Jason thought might be interested > in a > deal. > > Publishing an email address as a way of contacting an > organisation > *is* IMHO soliciting emails from people wanting to contact > that > specific organisation. It is not soliciting being part of a > random > bulk mailing, but Jason is in the former, not latter, > category. > > Yuri > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
