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

[Dennis Guhl]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:37:15AM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 2012-05-17 11:20 AM, Dennis Guhl <dg at dguhl.org> wrote:
> >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.
> 
> It was a simple *notification* email, letting people know the new
> company exists.

If it was just one email with 'hey we are here, you can hire us' why
does it offlist? Why not just sending it to the list?

> Sheesh...
> 
> >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.
> 
> Opt out of... what? Receiving a *single* *email* announcing the new
> company/service?

One unasked marketing mail is one spam mail. Do not forget, spam is
not about content it is about consent.

> I'm about ready to PLONK you too... as you're being more ridiculous
> than Bill.

If you desire, please. I won't stop you.

Dennis