If it didn't mention anything of a commercial nature... then they may slip past the Spam Act. But, if the message was unsolicitated and the "acquisition" of the addresses could be considered via "address-harvesting" software then that would be bad.
Luckily you know the person involved. :-) & :-( Mark Scholmann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:53 Subject: Re: Mactherapy spam? > > On 01/06/2004, at 10:44 AM, Jude wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Just wondering if anyone else got notice from "mactherapy.com" about > > their mailing list membership? As far as I recall I have never > > subscribed to it and I would not use this email addy if I did. > > > > Also, the website seems to have only been in operation for a few days. > > > > I was wondering if the addresses were harvested out of WAMUG, since > > this would assure them of mac customers. > > > > Opt-out, as Bart would say, both sucks and blows. > > Yes Jude, > > I received an email from them and also have never subscribed as far as > I know to their mailing list. > Sounds suspiciously like 'spam' to me. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
