[Dovecot] BEWARE: This list is being harvested for leads

[Giles Coochey]

On 17/05/2012 16:20, Dennis Guhl wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:56:50AM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote:
>> On 2012-05-17 10:20 AM, dovecot-20120517 at billmail.scconsult.com wrote:
>>> On 17 May 2012, at 9:46, Charles Marcus wrote:
>>>> Tim is working closely with Timo, and I'm sure got Timo's permission
>>>> to send that email to list subscribers.
>>> I subscribed to the Dovecot Users mailing list, not "Whatever spam
>>> Timo thinks is justifiable."
>> I'm about ready to add you to my PLONK file Bill.
>>
>> That is ridiculous... if a formal announcement about a commercial
>> support company that has Timo's blessing isn't pertinent to
>> participants on the dovecot support list, then what is?
> I did not received this mail so I can't comment on the appearance but
> I would not be happy to receive any unrequested commercial offers,
> irrelevant which form it comes along.
>
> I can understand Timo's desire to acquire as much paying customers as
> possible, but in this case he should at least have announced --
> publicly -- what he plans to do and how to opt out.
>
> Such 'ideas' are a sure way to kill all the good reputation, which is
> crucial for open source projects. And, not to forget, it can lead to
> some nasty legal problems. Such forms of email marketing are at least
> in the EU and US prohibited.
>
>> Just admit you made a silly mistake and move on...
> The only silly mistake was this answer of yours.
>
> Dennis
[sarcasm on]
No, I think we should lock Tim & Timo up and force Timo to eat lentils 
while he codes his IMAP server for us. It's incredibly astounding that 
he should even need to be involved in a business where he makes money 
developing my free IMAP server software!!!
[sarcasm off]


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