Rick W wrote: > But I can see that receiving many repeated requests to be a bit > annoying. Whenever I have sent a request to an individual to join, it > has been a personal message and not something automated. Perhaps he was > using some automated technique and it wound up sending many duplicates? > > I would get one average about one request a month from him to join illinoisdigital. If I posted frequently that month, I'd see more. So I suspect he was harvesting email addresses and sending requests based on that.
Is it SPAM? By the original definition, harvesting email addresses & spewing unsolicited emails to them like "spam through a fan", yep. Was not an opt in, was not a single "Hi, saw your post on xyz, you might find abc interesting"..... personal email. I never reported him, but came close to it a couple of times. > It certainly expanded his group rapidly and it was one of the better > groups discussing digital issues since it allowed for much more open > discussions on digital matters. I did have a lot of "local" information > for his area that probably would not interest those outside of our > region. I scanned the group content every now & then, and found very little original content that was of interest. I'm also not a big fan of fragmenting discussion groups unless there is unique traffic that would overwhelm a broader group. Have fun, Alan km4ba
