New York Times admits accidentally emailing almost 9 million people
http://j.mp/t6li6t (New York Times)
"The New York Times said it accidentally sent e-mails on Wednesday
to more than eight million people who had shared their information
with the company, erroneously informing them they had canceled
home delivery of the newspaper. The Times Company, which
initially mischaracterized the mishap as spam, apologized for
sending the e-mails. The 8.6 million readers who received the
e-mails represent a wide cross-section of readers who had given
their e-mails to the newspaper in the past, said a Times Company
spokeswoman, Eileen Murphy."
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Coding suggestion to the New York Times:
if (recipients > 100000)
verify_before_mailing();
...
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--Lauren--
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