I would agree with you if the rare work related email had been put into this
list for all to see.
The difference is the company trolled for email addresses and now is sending
out emails purporting that "I" registered/subscribed to their website for
product information and, should "I" no longer want that information, "I" need
to do something to stop it, thus verifying my email address as 'live'
This is not the tactic of a company I care to do commerce with I'm afraid...
Regards
Stan Weyman
Senior Software Engineer
stan.wey...@emc.com
EMC² (508)249-3966
where information lives
It is wise to keep in mind that neither
success nor failure is ever final...
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of
Avram Friedman
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:51 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: List spam
I would not consider a rare work related email as a spam attack.
Most firms that seek new clients engage in some form of targeted advertising.
There are a few things that seperate the email from Recovery Knowelage from
spam.
1. Appears to to a rare event.
2. It is targeted and directed ... i.e. is not an advert for tulip bulbs.
3. Presents a real product from a small company that has been around for
many years.
When one posts to a public forum like IBM-MAIN or even joins a public forum
some privicy is sacrficed
Best wishes
Avram Friedman
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:57:02 -0700, Steve Comstock
<st...@trainersfriend.com> wrote:
>On 1/14/2011 1:33 AM, Shane Ginnane wrote:
>> Any/every-one else getting spammed by recoveryknowledge ?.
>> Must have been done as a harvesting of the list as both addresses I use to
>> post have been hit. No way I would have signed up (twice) for DB2
paraphernalia.
>> Probably seen it before and just trashed it.
>>
>
>Yeah, not only did I get spammed, they spelled my company
>name wrong throughout the email: Transiners Friend
>
>very primitive.
>
>
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