Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-14 Thread James Green
If this is the case and he's part of Apache then to whom within Apache do we complain? On 13 November 2013 17:55, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO jeano...@gmail.com wrote: Received as well. Looks like Gurkan did a robot to collect users' email addrsses and used them for this commercial support. Le 13

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-14 Thread James Green
Peering onto the tomcat-users list it seems this was a widespread marketing attempt and the individual is seemingly attempting to defend his actions. On 14 November 2013 09:20, James Green james.mk.gr...@gmail.com wrote: If this is the case and he's part of Apache then to whom within Apache do

Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread James Green
So I just got an email from Apache TomEE Support claiming to offer professional support with a 20% discount. The from address is a yahoo.comaccount allegedly owned by Java EE Guru Gurkan Erdogdu. I have no idea how he or his organisation have my address but apparently I've shown an interest in

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
Got it too but didnt get why :(. Romain Manni-Bucau Twitter: @rmannibucau Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/ LinkedIn: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau 2013/11/13 James Green james.mk.gr...@gmail.com: So I just got an email from Apache TomEE

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Alex The Rocker
Got spammed too :( On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:33 PM, James Green james.mk.gr...@gmail.comwrote: So I just got an email from Apache TomEE Support claiming to offer professional support with a 20% discount. The from address is a yahoo.comaccount allegedly owned by Java EE Guru Gurkan Erdogdu.

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Karl Kildén
Nope I got the spam as well. On 13 November 2013 14:33, James Green james.mk.gr...@gmail.com wrote: So I just got an email from Apache TomEE Support claiming to offer professional support with a 20% discount. The from address is a yahoo.comaccount allegedly owned by Java EE Guru Gurkan

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Kay Wrobel
Yep, me too. Quite annoying. On 11/13/2013 08:14 AM, José Luis Cetina wrote: Me too 2013/11/13 Karl Kildén karl.kil...@gmail.com Nope I got the spam as well. On 13 November 2013 14:33, James Green james.mk.gr...@gmail.com wrote: So I just got an email from Apache TomEE Support claiming

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Karl Kildén
Any guidelines in place by apache regulating these things? Gurkan is PMC chair for OWB and it's probably legit and all but allowing such things could potentially get out of it feels like... On 13 November 2013 15:24, Kay Wrobel kay.wro...@gmx.net wrote: Yep, me too. Quite annoying. On

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread James Green
I don't recall there being a condition allowing my address to be used for marketing purposes. Again I'm prepared to be proven wrong. Under British law AIUI this is against the DPA but greyness surrounds of course. On 13 November 2013 15:44, Karl Kildén karl.kil...@gmail.com wrote: Any

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Jean-Louis MONTEIRO
Received as well. Looks like Gurkan did a robot to collect users' email addrsses and used them for this commercial support. Le 13 nov. 2013 18:26, James Green james.mk.gr...@gmail.com a écrit : I don't recall there being a condition allowing my address to be used for marketing purposes. Again

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Bjorn Danielsson
I got it twice actually. One spam copy was to a non-subscribed address. So from now on all e-mails from gurkanerdo...@yahoo.com are permanently routed to /dev/null on my servers. -- Bjorn Danielsson Cuspy Code AB

Re: Getting spammed a guru

2013-11-13 Thread Leonardo K. Shikida
+1 [] Leo On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Bjorn Danielsson bjorn-apa...@lists.cuspycode.com wrote: I got it twice actually. One spam copy was to a non-subscribed address. So from now on all e-mails from gurkanerdo...@yahoo.com are permanently routed to /dev/null on my servers. --