On Thursday 06 September 2007 16:50, Mike Cardwell wrote: > Darton Williams wrote: > >> It's not spam if you sign up for it. > > > > It is if you sign up with a company that already spams. That's why the > > sketchier the company, the better. The best are those companies that > > aggregate advertising; all they really do is sell your address to > > spammers. > > If you agree to let them e-mail you, then it's not spam.
I was about to say the same, but then I thought some more. Strictly speaking it's not unsolicited, even if they don't employ confirmed (closed-loop) opt-in, when as a matter of fact you did ask for it. But in practice what matters is that you get a good assortment of junk (unless you run a public anti-spam service with stricter requirements). However, lack of confirmed opt-in is enough to call someone a spammer according to http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html, and to be sure one can always subscribe and then immediately unsubscribe. -- Magnus Holmgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] (No Cc of list mail needed, thanks) "Exim is better at being younger, whereas sendmail is better for Scrabble (50 point bonus for clearing your rack)" -- Dave Evans
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