Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
Reunion.com is a valid but annoying service. They are one of Classmates.com competitors. I've been signed up for years but recently they have been working it like crazy. They seem to have absorbed a search service and are pedaling that more vigorously. An old college GF searched for me last year and now the remind me of it once a month or so. I made the mistake of searching through them to confirm it was who I thought it was and now the emails remind me of that. The original may have been a spam that got you. My guess is that they have been data mining and pulling lots of information together. Depending on how much information you gave them they may have just added a bunch of information up and got the other address. On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Ranbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > H'I assumed it was Gmail account since the unsolicited email arrived > in Gmail and not OE and I registered using Gmail address. But come to think > of it, once I registered, further emails from Reunion.com came to OE email. > > Anyone know if this is legal, i.e. how or why it differs from sending a > virus to do the same? > > Randall > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Brim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can understand an Outlook or Thunderbird address book, but how does it > > get > > the addresses from your GMAIL accountThey are stored on line aren't > > they? > > > > Brian > > = > > > > > > > > apparently every email address in my Gmail address book would receive such > > an invitation, one that said I was looking for the recipient on > > Reunion.com! > > > > > > * > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > * > > > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
H'I assumed it was Gmail account since the unsolicited email arrived in Gmail and not OE and I registered using Gmail address. But come to think of it, once I registered, further emails from Reunion.com came to OE email. Anyone know if this is legal, i.e. how or why it differs from sending a virus to do the same? Randall On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Brim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can understand an Outlook or Thunderbird address book, but how does it > get > the addresses from your GMAIL accountThey are stored on line aren't > they? > > Brian > = > > > > apparently every email address in my Gmail address book would receive such > an invitation, one that said I was looking for the recipient on > Reunion.com! > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
I can understand an Outlook or Thunderbird address book, but how does it get the addresses from your GMAIL accountThey are stored on line aren't they? Brian = apparently every email address in my Gmail address book would receive such an invitation, one that said I was looking for the recipient on Reunion.com! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
We got some in at my work. I blacklisted them. Here's what others are saying: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=reunion.com+spam > -Original Message- > Anyone here get an email recently from Reunion.com, saying that someone > is searching for you there? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
Yes, but isn't it good advice for the recipient of such an unsolicited email? Suppose 95% of them are legit, doesn't this open one up to this sort of annoyance (I'm emailing everyone in my address book not to go to this site, taking some time) or worse, e.g. viruses, etc.? Randall On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, no, that's not good advice for any of us that make public > contact. We have to check all our email because you never know where a > legit email will come from. > > I got one from somewhere last week (not reunion.com). I opened it. I > appreciate the heads up, and they weren't asking for money or > anything. I actually changed one of my profiles after the reminder. > > > > Think I've again and, hopefully, finally, learned the lesson: to NEVER > click on a site in an email that is unsolicited and not from someone I know. > Would that not be universally applicable, good advice for everyone? > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
Well, no, that's not good advice for any of us that make public contact. We have to check all our email because you never know where a legit email will come from. I got one from somewhere last week (not reunion.com). I opened it. I appreciate the heads up, and they weren't asking for money or anything. I actually changed one of my profiles after the reminder. > Think I've again and, hopefully, finally, learned the lesson: to NEVER click > on a site in an email that is unsolicited and not from someone I know. Would > that not be universally applicable, good advice for everyone? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
I did receive one this morning, Randall. Fortunately, I did not open it, but your word to the wise is always appreciated. Now, I should probably add it to my "block" list. Thanks. Susan Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone here get an email recently from Reunion.com, saying that someone is searching for you there? I recently got such an email and stupidly clicked on the link and registered for their free service to see who this person was (name was given, didn't recognize it, but thought she might be going under a married name I don't know). I had no intention and no knowledge, until after-the-fact, that apparently every email address in my Gmail address book would receive such an invitation, one that said I was looking for the recipient on Reunion.com! I called the number listed and had a long talk with a customer representative and her supervisor at Reunion.com, which is an actual, legitimate site, apparently. This was all part of a recent promotion, but the site is apparently set up to virtually assure that all of one's email contacts will receive such emails if they register, EVEN IF, as I did, one clicks on the "skip this step" button. The supervisor changed her story several times, but finally said something to the effect that if you do not affirmatively tell them NOT to contact everyone in your address book, they take that as an implied authorization for them to do so, even though obviously one would not need to search for anyone whose email address they already have! Needless to say, I communicated my displeasure about these tactics and asked that she forward my strong suggestion that they change these tactics, and even suggested that what they are doing seems legally questionable and that I might contact the appropriate regulatory authorities, such as the FCC. So I strongly encourage you to NOT click on the site in the email or visit this site, period. If you have already done this, they did say that the invitations only go out one time, and this is NOT a virus or anything that should affect your computer, at least from what the supervisor said, and their contact information is listed on the site (in Virginia). I am alerting the over a thousand persons in my address book about this. I wonder whether their promotion tactics are legal. Isn't this, in effect, just like what a virus might do? Is this a way to legally spam people? Thinking about creating a website to alert people to this; maybe something like DONTGOTOREUNIONDOTCOM. Or are there existing watchdog sites it would be good to post such an alert to? Think I've again and, hopefully, finally, learned the lesson: to NEVER click on a site in an email that is unsolicited and not from someone I know. Would that not be universally applicable, good advice for everyone? Thanks, Randall * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Anyone get an email from Reunion.com saying someone is searching for you?
Anyone here get an email recently from Reunion.com, saying that someone is searching for you there? I recently got such an email and stupidly clicked on the link and registered for their free service to see who this person was (name was given, didn't recognize it, but thought she might be going under a married name I don't know). I had no intention and no knowledge, until after-the-fact, that apparently every email address in my Gmail address book would receive such an invitation, one that said I was looking for the recipient on Reunion.com! I called the number listed and had a long talk with a customer representative and her supervisor at Reunion.com, which is an actual, legitimate site, apparently. This was all part of a recent promotion, but the site is apparently set up to virtually assure that all of one's email contacts will receive such emails if they register, EVEN IF, as I did, one clicks on the "skip this step" button. The supervisor changed her story several times, but finally said something to the effect that if you do not affirmatively tell them NOT to contact everyone in your address book, they take that as an implied authorization for them to do so, even though obviously one would not need to search for anyone whose email address they already have! Needless to say, I communicated my displeasure about these tactics and asked that she forward my strong suggestion that they change these tactics, and even suggested that what they are doing seems legally questionable and that I might contact the appropriate regulatory authorities, such as the FCC. So I strongly encourage you to NOT click on the site in the email or visit this site, period.If you have already done this, they did say that the invitations only go out one time, and this is NOT a virus or anything that should affect your computer, at least from what the supervisor said, and their contact information is listed on the site (in Virginia). I am alerting the over a thousand persons in my address book about this. I wonder whether their promotion tactics are legal. Isn't this, in effect, just like what a virus might do? Is this a way to legally spam people? Thinking about creating a website to alert people to this; maybe something like DONTGOTOREUNIONDOTCOM. Or are there existing watchdog sites it would be good to post such an alert to? Think I've again and, hopefully, finally, learned the lesson: to NEVER click on a site in an email that is unsolicited and not from someone I know. Would that not be universally applicable, good advice for everyone? Thanks, Randall * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
