Forum Moderators: phranque
1. My site has grown to a point where AOL is no longer doing the job as an email program. (Yeah, I know) Is it better to use software to email manually or use a service? Also, which are reputable?
2. If I extract email address from sites and email them info very relevant to their industry from a very reputable website, is that considered spam? (Not porn, presciptions, etc.)
If so, is there any way around it?
1.- For bulk email, get a program. Depending on your needs, there are hundreds of different levels and types, do some digging around.
2.- Yes. As to whether or not it's welcome spam, that's a different matter. If each email is a personalised, handcrafted email rather than a bulk message, then you're probably OK.
2. If I extract email address from sites and email them info very relevant to their industry from a very reputable website, is that considered spam? (Not porn, presciptions, etc.)
YES - perhaps a more direct set of questions would be:
"If I harvest emails en masse and solicit them in an unscrupulous manner will my site still be reputable?"
or "If I offer my goods in the same manner drug peddals offer (enter the perscription drug of your chice here), because I better justify doing so by citing relevance does it make this ethically neutral?"
I dont know that spamming is wrong or correct - I am sure there are contexts where it is a legitimate marketing tool and could prove useful. I do know that spamming is always spamming - justifying spam by its value (or lack of lack thereof) to the end user is a farse.
2. If I extract email address from sites and email them info very relevant to their industry from a very reputable website, is that considered spam? (Not porn, presciptions, etc.)
If so, is there any way around it?
If anyone wants to hear about your product or point of view, they will contact you or go to your web site.
Cheers,
CaboWabo
