On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Tasos Kotsikonas wrote: > Chris Owen wrote: > > > Are you related to this? We just blackholed the address and the > > enewsworks.net domain, but I'd hate to lose the listproc mailing list > > because banning the emailsol.com domain. > > Chris, this was a legitimate letter from our president. You've got to be kidding (I hope). You are condoning this blatent (and really, really indiscriminate, since half the addresses it was sent to don't even exist) spam? As a mailing list company you should be particularly sensitive to crap like this. This address was roboted off a web site and clearly was not solicited in any way. I love listproc (and have gone against the tide in not replacing it), love your work, and looked forward to the new product. However, if this is the type of company that is going to be releasing it, we definitely won't want to work with it. Chris > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:37:17 -0400 > > From: EWorks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Your Company's Press Releases > > > > Hi; > > > > I just visited your web site and saw that you have your press releases > > on line. My company is about to release a software product that can > > automate your process of disseminating press releases and would > > dramatically enhance your customer relations. > > > > If you feel that your press release process is a critical function and > > potent marketing activity of your company then you will probably share > > these passions with other professionals in our field: > > > > o You don't want to depend on anyone to update your web site when > > an important press release needs to go out. > > > > o You have felt the pain of managing a growing list of editors and > > interested parties you want to distribute press releases to. > > > > o You realize that there will be times when your press release > > process is going to be under pressure to function rapidly and > > reliably. > > > > o You realize that if there were a way to efficiently manage the > > list of interested parties, that you could use your press > > releases as a vehicle to improve your customer and investor > > relations. > > > > o You are ready to aggressively deploy new internet technology to > > give you a competitive edge in your customer and investor > > relations. > > > > My company's new product, ENewsWorks, is a combination Web Server and > > Email List Management Program which can give your company the most > > advanced Press Release distribution capability in the world. Whenever > > your press release is ready, you simply submit it to ENewsWorks. > > ENewsWorks will then take that document and email out copies of it to > > everyone who is on the email distribution list. At the same time > > ENewsWorks will install that document into your Web site archive of > > press releases that it maintains and automatically update the index to > > those archives. > > > > What is revolutionary about ENewsWorks is the automated process that > > it embodies for distributing your press releases. You do not have to > > manage who gets your press releases because your interested editors, > > investors and customers can subscribe and unsubscribe themselves, and > > when each press release goes out it can automatically reach tens of > > thousands of people directly and simultaneously. You can use your > > press release process to build customer and investor loyalty. What is > > revolutionary about ENewsWorks is that it embodies both "Push" and > > "Pull" internet technology in one complete solution. On a individual > > basis, your investors and customers can opt to have you "Push" press > > releases to them by email, or "Pull" the information themselves by > > visiting your automatically updated, indexed and searchable web site > > archives. > > > > My vision is that ENewsWorks is the first of a new type of Internet > > application that will transform the very nature and function of Press > > Releases. Press Releases are poised to evolve from announcements made > > to broadcast media organizations into a direct communication between > > corporations and interested individuals (who will include > > representatives of the mass media). The internet and the systems > > embodied in ENewsWorks are the enabling technologies for this change. > > > > ENewsWorks Web Server Features: > > > > o Optional password protection allows you to control access to the > > Web Archives of past press releases. > > > > o Built-in search functionality allows your Web visitors to search > > your archive of press releases for phrases or keywords. > > > > o An index of Press Releases is automatically generated. Optional > > additional hierarchy into the Press Releases archive can be > > generated by time period of your choice: yearly, quarterly, > > monthly, etc. > > > > o Subscribers to your Press Release list can view and modify their > > preferences for how they receive your press releases. > > > > o The web site look and feel can be easily modified to match your > > corporate web site with selectable text color, text background, > > background image, your company logo image and your company > > banner image. > > > > ENewsWorks Email Features: > > > > o Your customers, editors and investors can specify how they want > > to receive your press releases. They can receive HTML or plain > > text versions by email, they can receive email notification with > > links only, or if you are generating a high volume of press > > releases, they can opt for compiled digests to be sent to them > > at regular intervals. > > > > o You can configure the email distribution list to be public or > > closed. > > > > o Public distribution lists can be subscribed, unsubscribed and > > configured by the public over your web site. You no longer need > > to manage the list of who gets your press releases, and because > > of this you can open it up to anyone who is interested, which > > will include important investors and customers. We have built > > in a process that assures that individuals can only subscribe > > and unsubscribe themselves: When a person subscribes to receive > > your press releases over the Web, they are automatically sent a > > confirmation to their email address which they have to respond > > to before their subscription goes into effect. > > > > o Closed Distribution lists can only be modified only by the > > people you designate to have Subscription Manager Privileges. > > Subscribers to these lists will not only get their press > > releases emailed to them, but they will also have password > > protected access to the archives over the Internet. > > > > You can read about the specifications of ENewsWorks, subscribe to our > > company press releases, subscribe to our company newsletter, or try > > out a running version of ENewsWorks by visiting our web site at: > > http://www.enewsworks.net > > > > You can email us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or call us at: (617) 868-9770 > > > > If you're interested in joining a community of industry professionals > > in your field, come join The Press Release Discussion List being > > hosted on our site at http://www.enewsworks.net. We also host the > > Corporate Newsletter Discussion List. > > > > I hope we can be of service to you. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Robert Anue > > President, > > Email Solutions Inc. > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Owen ~ Lottery: A stupidity tax PO Box 1985 ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Garden City, KS 67846 ~ http://www.gardencity.net/~owenc/ Voice: (316) 275-1900 ~ ftp://ftp.gardencity.net/pub/owenc/ Fax: (316) 275-0313 ~ 88 FA CF C6 65 23 63 C1 6E 80 AE 0B 51 C0 22 36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
