on Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 09:47:57AM -0400, Chris Santerre wrote:

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If you simply bought the list, you may want to familiarize yourself and your marketing team with basic netiquette and guidelines for responsible (as opposed to merely "legal") email marketing. It's 2005 - anyone purchasing so-called "opt-in" lists in this day and age is begging to get blacklisted and have their reputation tarnished.

I realize that if you purchased the list you probably can't get me removed from the original - I've come to expect my address to be traded. Frankly, I'm astounded to see someone as apparently net-savvy as you just accepting the idea of purchasing mailing lists. I'm very, very disappointed.

Freaking genius Steve! Great email to him. I hope they *get it*.

<aol>Me, too.</aol>

Cricket says he's going to talk to Marketing about their policies. He seemed to understand that when they bought the list and spammed with his name in the From: that it was going towards his reputation; we'll see whether they actually clean up their act or not.