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I've kept quiet so far on this matter, as our company is involved to some
degree.
Most of you know my record on this list, that I do not solicit for our
products beyond what the guidelines allow (at least, I TRY not to).
Obviously this email puts me in a difficult position vis-a-vis this list
AND my job.
As far as I know, this email blitz (I have to use that word) was managed by
a business partner of ours. They apparently used some service called S T E
d b. I know nothing of this service, except when I went to their site this AM.
I cannot get into the propriety of this email action - was not involved,
for one thing. But I believe that SpamCop is overly aggressive in its
blacklists. Some pertinent remarks can be found at
<http://www.spamex.com/news/2002.12.16.spamcop.cfm>. Reports to them can
cause unintended damage to people that should not be involved. (Not saying
that that does not include us right now - I make no statement about our
role here, as I have no standing to do so.)
Many of us, like our company, are small ISVs for the 400/iSeries. I do not
speak officially for our company, but personally, when I say these things.
I ask, if you have a problem with anything with our name on it, please
contact me first - I do serve in a primary support role here, and will try
to address you concerns.
The problem of unsolicited email is a serious one - so forgive my attempt
now to add a little levity:
Being located near Austin, MN, does not make one a spammer.
;-)
I welcome personal responses to my comments. I hope they're are not worth
using up group time any longer.
Regards
Vern
vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
At 07:45 AM 2/26/2003 -0800, you wrote:
rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> They are NOT harvesting this list. I've sent a private mail off to
> David, prior to catching up.
>
> I have a couple of email addresses. One, you've never seen. However
> I used both to subscribe to some newsletters from Midrange computing.
> These spammers sent it to both addresses. Midrange Computing sells
> those addresses like hotcakes.
I disagree completely. My MC address was NOT spammed, but the addresses
I've used for the Midrange lists were. All of the spams were reported to
the appropriate parties via SpamCop.
Bill
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