*No support for various transactions that can be enabled within email
(e.g., donation, viral marketing).
***************
Ding ding ding ding ding... we have a winner! The whole point behind
this mailing list is to reduce/eliminate unsolicited marketing. If I
want really exciting offers daily, I'll point my newsreader at
alt.really.exciting.offers. If I want something, *I* will initiate the
the contact. I do *NOT* want to be marketed to via my inbox, any more
than I want to be marketed to via my phone at suppertime. Do you
understand ?
In that case set your personal filters or whatever to "NO UCE"
but let the rest of the world decide what it wants and doesn't want to read.
speaking for myself I don't think you should be telling me what I want to
get in my mail box or don't want to get.
of course I might be alone in this.
Regards
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
[mailto:asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]On Behalf Of
Walter Dnes
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 3:43 PM
To: ASRG list
Subject: Re: [Asrg] 6. Proposals - depracate all list/bulk mailing and
changeto RSS
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:11:59PM -0800, Bill Pease wrote
Feature Limits:
*Limited to no support for graphically-enhanced content
That is a good thing. If I see an interesting headline, I'll click on
the URL, and it'll take me to your super-duper/singing/dancing website.
*Limited support for variety of content types typical in newsletter
publishing
It's a list of URLs. If you have a high-bandwidth and low-bandwidth
version of your website, offer two URLs.
*Limited support for tracking subscriber interaction with content
Awwwwwwwww. Guess what... Microsoft is blocking web bugs too...
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60781,00.html
*No support for various transactions that can be enabled within email
(e.g., donation, viral marketing).
***************
Ding ding ding ding ding... we have a winner! The whole point behind
this mailing list is to reduce/eliminate unsolicited marketing. If I
want really exciting offers daily, I'll point my newsreader at
alt.really.exciting.offers. If I want something, *I* will initiate the
the contact. I do *NOT* want to be marketed to via my inbox, any more
than I want to be marketed to via my phone at suppertime. Do you
understand ?
It's been my experience that marketing types think that email was
invented first and foremost for marketing and email-blasting. Wrong; it
was invented as two-way communication. If a potential customer emails
you asking for a quote on 1000 widgets, reply to their email with the
requested quote. That is customer service. Blasting out millions of
unsolicited emails contributes to the destruction of the medium.
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes(_at_)waltdnes(_dot_)org>
Email users are divided into two classes;
1) Those who have effective spam-blocking
2) Those who wish they did
_______________________________________________
Asrg mailing list
Asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg
_______________________________________________
Asrg mailing list
Asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg