Michelle Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Requests to publish another's information or verification of public
> information can be classified as an execption to UCE being spam.
> While it is, certainly, unsolicited, commercial, and email, I think it
> is reasonable to make it an exception.
I think it depends on two things: the intent of the originator and
how the message is perceived by the recipient.
I think it's fine to send out informative messages saying "Hi,
someone just used our service regarding your list and we want to
let you know that you're listed because this may affect you." In
fact, I think it's doing the community a service.
On the other hand, the wording is extremely important. If said
message also said, "By the way, we want to let you know how you,
the list owner, can benefit from our services," and then proceed
to include a lot of advertising hype, that's nudging dangerously
close to being perceived as spam. Perhaps even crossing the line.
Right now, Virginia has a very strong anti-spam bill in their state
legislature and from the stuff I've been reading, it's likely to
become a law very soon.
Texas (the state in which I reside) has a similarly strong anti-spam
bill brewing in their state legislature.
I believe an entity like a mailing list portal really needs to be
cautious about unsolicited list owner contacts. I do believe it's
possible to do so without being perceived as spamming.
In a prevous message, you said,
> BTW, I listed in PAML and only there because you run it and I
> think you do a good job.
Thanks! :-) :-) Coming from you, that's a great compliment!
