On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:29:54 +1000, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Echy
<acuhcewrongone@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
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>
> ............ I too hate spam, but in this case this company's emails
> have been helpful to date and not regarded by me, just in this case, to
> be spam.
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Did you explicitly *ask* for those bulk/commercial/promotional e-mail
messages? If not, then they *are* spam, regardless of whether or not you
subsequently decide that it is "helpful" or "forgivable" spam.
> When it is all said and done it' s up to me to decide how I handle
> emails and that is what I am doing. I can see that you have a differing
> opinion on this subject and thats cool - but that is what it is - an
> opinion, not something to impose on others.
>
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This is not a matter of "opinion"; it is simply a matter of the definition of
spam (bulk and/or commercial/promotional/advertising e-mail that is sent
without the fully informed explicit and express permission of the recipient).
Did you read those references I pointed you at?
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Jay T. Blocksom
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