Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
Emilio Guia: | | I received a message saying: The following message was sent to you as an | opt-in subscriber to | Uproar/iwin.. | | Please, what means the terms opt-in and Uproar/iwin? Could someone explain | me these, please?. Opt-in means that the sender claims that you asked him to send you the message. That is, signed up for it. Maybe you did, maybe you didn't. Spammers often claim that you opted-in, because if you had, well then their spam wouldn't be spam--because you solicited it. I don't know about Uproar, but iWin is the site of a pretty fair search engine where you can by using their site earn points--in this case, chances in a drawing to win free merchandise. Does this sound familiar? Karlo
ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
to opt is to choose, or to take an option (choice). When you subscribe or sign up for an e-mail newsletter, you are said to opt-in or choose voluntarily to receive the mailings. Uproar generally means loud noises, as in mobs shouting, but here it seems to be the name of the newsletter. My guess is that iWin is a provider connected with Windows. Someone else may have signed you up as a prank, or you may have clicked a link somewhere that could be interpreted as your willingness to receive information by e-mail. If you don't want it, send a reply message saying unsubscribe. Best wishes, Helen H. Gordon
Re: ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
Uproar.com and Iwin.com are part of a larger company called Flipside, which is based in New York and owned by multinational entertainment conglomerate Vivendi Universal, owner of (among MANY other things) the video-game character Crash Bandicoot. http://corporate.uproar.com/index.asp (lotsa luck getting this to display properly in Netscape...) -- BOB
Re: ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
On 28 May 2001, at 15:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uproar.com and Iwin.com are part of a larger company called Flipside, which is based in New York and owned by multinational entertainment conglomerate Vivendi Universal, owner of (among MANY other things) the video-game character Crash Bandicoot. http://corporate.uproar.com/index.asp (lotsa luck getting this to display properly in Netscape...) Isn't Vivendi the group that recently purchased mp3.com? Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
I don't know about Uproar, but iWin is the site of a pretty fair search engine where you can by using their site earn points--in this case, chances in a drawing to win free merchandise. Does this sound familiar? The site you're referring to is Iwon.com. I think iWin is a cheap spammer idea to bait people who are in to that kind of thing. Ed
Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
Ed Bockelman: | I don't know about Uproar, but iWin is the site of a pretty | fair search engine where you can by using their site earn | points--in this case, chances in a drawing to win free | merchandise. Does this sound familiar? | | The site you're referring to is Iwon.com. I think iWin is a cheap | spammer idea to bait people who are in to that kind of thing. Thanks for your correction, Ed. Karlo
Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
Thank you very much Karlo. Emilio - Original Message - From: Karlo Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
On Mon, 28 May 2001 14:37:17 CDT, Alan S. Harrell replied to me, in part: http://corporate.uproar.com/index.asp (lotsa luck getting this to display properly in Netscape...) Isn't Vivendi the group that recently purchased mp3.com? Yep -- sale closed last week: http://www.vivendi.com/servlet/com.coteba.ipresse.communique2? support=6code=725 (CP onto one line) -- BOB
