Re: Making Email Spam Free

From: Michael Martinez <Michael_at_xenite.org>
Date: Mon 20 Nov 2000 16:59:11 -0500

JAMIE SCHACHTER <marketing_at_therefinishingtouch.com> WROTE:
> Look folks, I'm all for trying to curb unsolicited
> email (although I find junk mail and unsolicited
> telemarketing much more offensive). But you have to
> come to grips that you get what you pay for: Yahoo,
> Hotmail, Juno, etc. are all free services. How do you
> think those services are making money? They sell your
> email address to email marketers, who in turn send you
> junk email. Those people in turn make money because a
> small fraction of those on the receiving side of the
> emails do actually respond and become customers. A
> vicious cycle? Probably...but once again, you almost
> "opt-in" to the whole thing by utilizing a free email
> service.

That's a pretty serious accusation and one which *I*
would be loathe to make. These companies claim when
you sign up that they will NOT do that. They could be
sued for fraud or something similar if it could be
shown they were violating their privacy policies.

They specifically ask you to opt-in to receive business
email. I have two accounts with Eudoramail.com and
neither of them, so far as I know, has ever been
released by Eudoramail to a third party, as their
agreement indicates.

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