[ale] Spam methods

[Richard Bronosky]

I have refused to join NetFlix for this very reason. I have wanted to
use their service ever since it was launched, but I refuse to support
a company that engages in pop under ads. I really wish they would stop
so I can join.

On 7/16/10, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> Right - but my point is why should you aid their sales force even if
> they are "legitimate" companies?  If you talk to the people that buy
> things at your company I bet by and large they'd tell you they prefer
> you did NOT forward emails on to them or even give out their names as
> contacts.  Having once been a Purchasing Director I can tell you that
> enough sales people find their way to buyers that buyers almost never
> need new referrals.
>
> Sales weenies at more than one "legitimate" company have been known to
> get overzealous and do things like find a list like this one then send
> "legitimate" sales information to it.  That is still spam in my view.
> That happened on another list I'm on a year or so ago and everyone
> flamed the poster and also sent emails to his company.   Someone higher
> up in the company posted an apology and we never saw that again from
> that firm.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Chris Fowler
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 8:45 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] Spam methods
>
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 16:33 -0400, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>> Spam is spam and no matter how novel it is they shouldn't be rewarded
>> by
>> having you forward the original on to anyone.   Cold calling sucks I'm
>> sure but that is no excuse for spam IMHO.  Using "re:" in a subject
>> line
>> is fairly common even without the first email.
>
> The only thing odd about these emails is that they seem to be from what
> appears to be legitimate B2B companies.
>
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