Aaron Wolfe wrote: > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Justin Mason<j...@jmason.org> wrote: >> I've heard that they are diligent about terminating abusive clients. >> Are you reporting these spams to them? >> >> --j. >> > > From what I've seen, most of the traffic from them probably doesn't > qualify as spam by the common definition. It is, however, stuff that > nobody here wants. I'm surprised SA is giving them a pass, but there > have been other strange things that got a free ride through SA in the > past, like Habeas certified junk.
Most of the stuff we see here which comes via Constant Contact does come under the UCE definition, but not all. >From http://www.constantcontact.com/pricing/index.jsp , they say: "Monthly fee is based on the number of contacts in your email list" There's an immediate conflict of interest - if they want to keep their income high, they're going to encourage customers with large mailing lists, regardless of the sources of those lists. They do, however, encourage "permission-based email lists" ( http://www.constantcontact.com/email-marketing/email-list-management/bui ld-list.jsp ) - whether this meets double-opt-in criteria or not I cannot tell. +1 for not giving them preferential treatment. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 email: pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council. This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. This communication may contain material protected by law from being passed on. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in error, you are advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of it.
