Would you class this as spamm?

Asking permission to email me

[mack]

Today I received an email.

In general it said...

my name is xxxxxxx I represent xxxxxxx marketing, May we send you our newsletter?

If you agree then please send a blank reply if you do not wish to receive any further mail then please ignore.

Thanks for your time.

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It is sneakey because it is junk email. but on the other hand wasn't directly trying to sell anything.

What do you think?

My personal opinion is this is, someone trying to build a legitimate email list. I still see it as spammy but I would rather receive this type of email as oposed to receiving their newsletter.

Mack.

[BlueSky]

It's spam.

Spam is any unsolicited e-mail sent to individuals, newgroups, mailing lists, etc. Often times, it's commercial and selling something, but doesn't have to be.

[Imaster]

yeah, thats bad spam. I hate those kinda emails.

[mil2k]

I still see it as spammy but I would rather receive this type of email as oposed to receiving their newsletter.

My thoughts exactly.

[henry0]

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I still see it as spammy but I would rather receive this type of email as oposed to receiving their newsletter
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it is low level spam and I am not against

I think that the real definition of spam lies in how one collects E-addresses

[mack]

I deleted the email because I dont realy want to receive their newsleter. It is kind of clever though.

There is a massive grey area as to what is spamm. For example I received another email from a company wanting to make me a partner site. I never asked them to contact me so I guess this also is spamm.

Mack.

[edited by: mack at 3:44 pm (utc) on Aug. 21, 2003]

[menton]

hi mack,

If you were to reply to this email (which I consider spam) all you would be doing is confirming that your email address is active. Before you know it your email address would be on countless databases.

menton

[kyr01]

Pure spam, that's it!

[creative craig]

I still see it as spammy but I would rather receive this type of email as oposed to receiving their newsletter.

It can be very hard to tell what is spam and what isnt.

I would rather get this type of email than their full newsletter as well.

Craig

[BlueSky]

I think that the real definition of spam lies in how one collects E-addresses

The definition of spam can be found in a dictionary. It covers a much broader category. In the U.S., there's a push by the marketing industry to limit the definition to apply only to emails with fraudulant addresses/headers, whose senders hide their true identities, use deceptive advertising, etc.

Like menton said, anwering even just one innocent-looking, low-level spam will get you on everyone else's list. If the email has a graphic, just opening it will confirm your address is valid.

[edited by: BlueSky at 4:06 pm (utc) on Aug. 21, 2003]

[juniperwasting]

my name is xxxxxxx I represent xxxxxxx marketing, May we send you our newsletter?

Imagine this on a phone.

Ring, Ring...Hello, my name is xxxxxxx I represent xxxxxxx marketing, May we call you? If your answer is no, just hang up.

I admit, this is a bit different, but if you did not opt-in somewhere to receive this newsletter or newsletters like it, it is still intrusive.

[mack]

I think it is just someones idea of quickly building a mailing list, the lazzy way.

I think there has to be a true definition of spam. If all unsolicited email is spamm then you couldn't send any emails, unless they asked you to.

Surely it has to be commercial emails?

Mack.