Although I am not concerned with the cost of email traffic, I agree
with Onno's opinion of test messages. One test message I can happily
ignore but multiple messages is going much too far. This is not the
first instance of such multiple test messages and
subscribers/potential subscribers should be made aware that such
behaviour is not acceptable........it is a matter of common courtesy.
I am a member of various US mailing lists, all of which frown on test
messages.
Bob
At 8:48 AM 13/4/04, Peter Hinchliffe eloquently proclaimed...........
On 13/04/2004, at 4:18 AM, Onno Benschop wrote:
..let the flames begin..
OK. I'll bite! Congratulations! Your response, all about the cost of
email traffic to mailing lists, was absolutely breathtaking in its
irony.
Someone sends a couple of "innocent" (your quotes, not mine) test
messages, which most of us happily ignore and move on with our
lives, and cops a three page lecture about sending too much email
traffic. Superb! A great way to get people to unsubscribe and never
come back.
I can't even imagine how long it must have taken you to write it.
