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more on anti-Goodmail coalition resorts to misquotes
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:02:51 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Frode Hegland <frode () hegland com> Date: March 22, 2006 4:56:21 PM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] more onapprove:sagapo more on anti-Goodmail coalition resorts to misquotes
Maybe there should also be a maximum number of messages before it's called SPAM.
For example, I am working on promoting our Hyperwords Extension for Firefox (you know, makes all words interactive, not just links). I therefore email editors, bloggers and others (friends, friends of friends and friends of friends and whomever I can think of!)
They have not asked for my emails. Hyperwords is free, but we do aim to make money from it. It is therefore a commercial message.
If it's just one email per person, sent manually, with a proper name in the header, is that SPAM? How about if I send 20 messages to people in my address book? Or 2,000? When does it become SPAM?
Is it only SPAM if it's a commercial message? Or just that it's not 'wanted'?
Hey, I hate SPAM, it's just that defining what it is, is not completely obvious to me. As an aside, I have sometimes clicked on the links in SPAM to see what kinds of sites are stupid enough to send the strange messages, with misspellings and weirdness. Not once have I got a real site! None have worked! How do they make money? Is this maybe just one great absurdist art project? :-)
On 22 Mar 2006, at 21:31, David Farber wrote:
The rule should be simple -- proven, audited opt-in lists or it's spam.
Frode Hegland ceo The Hyperwords Company www.hyperwords.net ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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