** Sometime around 0:26 -0400 10/15/98, murr rhame sent everyone:
>On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Vince Sabio wrote:
>
>> HUH? What am I missing here? Why would anyone not favor VOLUNTARY
>> subscription to e-mail-based advertising?
>
>Within very broad limits, I favor someone being able to volunteer for
>anything... Why would anyone volunteer to receive ads via email? Are
>these ads general purpose ads or targeted based on a questionare? Is
>there a limit on the total volume of ads? I have this image of
>someone saying "yup I'd like to see some ads" only to find 1000+
>pieces of "Make Money Fast" and "See Our Naked Ladies Web Site" ads in
>their mail box every day. I get more than enough junk email without
>asking.
Idunno -- I'm not signed up for it, but I remember checking out their
Web site a LOOOONG time ago. IIRC, you can sign up for targeted e-mail
on a plethora of topics, from general "send me all sports-related stuff"
to more specific "I want information on soccer." That kinda thing.
There was also a checkbox to receive adult material, I think. Hmmm, now
that I mention it, maybe I should go check them out again ... ;-)
Seriously, though, it's really a very targeted service (or at least
tries to be). Back when we were first forming CAUCE, I had spoken with
Rosalind Forgot-Her-Last-Name, one of the two founders of Netcreations,
and I recall how adamant she was against spam -- even traveled down here
to crap^H^H^H^Hbeautiful Warshington a few times to speak out against
spam at several of the FCC/FTC hearings.
Overall, they get high points in my book. (Netcreations, not the FTC
hearings.) FWIW, of course.
>Murr "no dollar marks posted" Rhame
Thank you, Murr. Yet another reason why we all like you.
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