Obviously this is an emotive topic - heckles raised allround. You asked for opinions and got some!
What I would be interested to know is - How have the companies responded? - Was the campaign a success? LB -----Original Message----- From: Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:12:40 +0000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - Spam Opinion I was not going to fuel the fire any more but I feel I must interject. It is NOT the same as a spambot, I went looking for companies IN the line of business we are in, I didn't just send email to random addresses...spammers send mail to any and every address they can harvest, regardless of relevance. Also, our service is b2b, not b2c, a very big distinction from normal "spam." Cheers Jason David Kirk wrote: >Yuri wrote: > > > >>Please consider the idea that there is a difference. >>I would never condone spamming of any kind, I just don't >>believe the case cited by Jason was spamming. >> >> > >If it was unsolicited and it was commercial and it was e-mail then it is UCE >also known as SPAM. > >Maybe if Jason's company has had previous dealings with these people and he >is offering them some related service, then it might be ok. Looking them up >in the yellow pages is just a manual way of doing what other spammers do >automatically. > > >Later > >David Kirk > > > > > <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
