Re: Collecting posted addresses

From: Alec Ellis <alece_at_glopro.com>
Date: Wed 13 Sep 2000 14:27:32 -0500

PAUL R. BYNUM <pb_at_coldwellbanker.com> WROTE:
> I collect local email addresses of agents from a
> public site (www.Realtor.com), placed on there by
> agents advertising their services. I use this list to
> mail out announcements of local continuing education
> courses they may find of interest. Is this Spam?

No definitely not spam.....

If you have realty products and sent 4 million emails
out to basically everywhere around the globe HOPING
there would be one or two realtors in the 4 million
then THIS would be spam.

It is VERY easy to understand..... SPAM is just another
word for Blah blah.... useless information.... and is
now part of a world wide mass hysteria kept going by a
few die hard (non business) anti-spam vigilantes,
backed by the Media (whose greatest fear is the "email"
and the "web").

As per normal.... everything is blown out of proportion
in the "90's and now 2000's.... News barons do not like
the fact that ANYONE now can present the news from
ANYWHERE in the world, or can trade at a micro-cost of
Corporate business. This is frightening to them BUT
they will just have to put up with it..... the Net is
the biggest Revolution we've ever had.... and is
changing ways of trade and balances of power every
minute.

Who wants to pay for a paper, or a mag. when you can go
to the Net and download it ALL for free. Why pay
exorbitant fees to advertising companies, PR companies,
Media advertising....ANYTHING local or offline ...when
you can do it yourself for a fraction of the
cost...just time and effort.

Yes..... there are idiots that send out these millions
of emails to ANYONE...kids, universities, government
institutions, etc etc..... this is a real nuisance for
all the reasons that each discussion group spends MOST
of its discussion time, talking about. BUT there are
problems in all walks of life. If you REALLY want to do
something about the spam and NOT sabotage trade around
the Net...then check out this product...I have
mentioned it before..... and it is FREE....
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2576/magic
.html using this you can delete any email before it is
downloaded from the server...saving you time and for
some people download costs.

Also another product for anyone who is serious about
contacting people properly and fast.... this product
allows you to exchange links with people using template
messages, record places where you have been in a
database which is your and available at any time, its a
browser too an information grabber, it is used by
people for research and communicating.... and once
again...is FREE!!!! http://www.2bpop.com

We have successful sites bringing in VERY good income
per month....and this without us advertising at
all....just hard work and effort in communication,
media contacts, writing, reading and researching.

Good luck Paul and others
Cheers
Alec Ellis





Received on Wed Sep 13 2000 - 14:27:32 CDT