Re: [Asrg] 7.c Mass Mailers, reliability, and lack thereof

At 9:31 AM -0800 3/28/03, pattib(_at_)gammon(_dot_)com wrote:
> How about the next tier?  "We're providing you with this free service.
> In exchange, you agree to let some of our buddies send you ads."  Can
> that be workable?  While that email is generally less interesting to
> the recipient, I think it can also be workable if it's done well.
Does anyone do that well?  (Just idly curious.)
I got burned by Jackpot.com a little over a year ago.  Someone signed 
up on their web site using my email address.  Within a matter of 
minutes Jackpot had given my email address to a dozen affiliates who 
promptly started a barrage of email advertisements.  The process was 
*not* reversible.  Jackpot had no way to say, "Oops, we take that 
address back."  I had to fight it out which each individual 
affiliate.  My only payment for this pain?  One of the affiliates 
lost their ISP account as a result.
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/        Junk-Free Email Filtering
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/   Writings on Technology and Society

I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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