Re: Spam from EnterpriseDB?

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:08:53 -0800, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> Alan Hodgson wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 January 2007 16:44, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
> >> Harsh, aren't we?
> >>
> >> Rich and Garland weren't peddling pr0n or a pump-and-dump stock
> >> scam. The fact that they've lost some (a lot of?) respect from
> >> potential customers will be pain enough.
> >>
> >
> > Spam is spam. I don't care what they're selling. Anyone dumb enough to
> > send spam in 2006 should be fired on the spot.
>
> That is a bit extreme. One persons SPAM is another persons interesting
> information. Although I agree that the behavior in this particular
> situation was a bit less than the average IQ score.
>
> If you are going to communicate with potential customers, especially as
> SPAM have the integrity to do it yourself and take the heat yourself.
> Don't use some off brand secondary service and pay them to spam for you.
>
> I send out email all the time to potentials. It is common practice but I
> do it, directly as me.

I think that this bit is the spam clincher

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Without that, I might have even filed it away in case I needed what they
were offering (24/7 phone support is useful for those of us in vastly
different time zones).

Mailing lists that I didn't ask to be on is a different story.

klint.

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