Re: ONLINE-ADS>> e-mail retreiver

Kristine Loosley (kris_at_concentric.net)
Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:21:31 -0800

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At 11:04 AM 1/16/97 -0500, Tsnjhs_at_aol.com wrote:
>in response to Kristine Loosley who wrote:
>
>
>>Seriously, if I don't request email on a subject it is, in my opinion, spam.
>
>
>Now wait a minute. I think you're being to hard. I can't see how targeted,
>interest based e-mail could be perceived as spam. Spam is unsolicited, bulk,
>junk e-mail. Targeted e-mails which send content of interest to webmasters
>or individuals who have specifically expressed an interest in the subject in
>their webpage isn't spamming. If an individual we're not interested in
>receiving e-mail regarding his/her interests, he/she wouldn't post it as a
>contact on their webpage.
>\

Jeff, that's a good argument, but let's take that a step further. Say I
post in alt.macramae asking about the quality of hemp. Does that give
macramae purveyors across the world the right to write to me about anything
even tangentially related to macramae for all time? And how about fabric
manufacturers who might make the logical assumption that if I'm interested
in one craft, perhaps I'd be interested in theirs.

The genesis of this discussion was about software that sucked email
addresses from html. Seems that if I am specifically targeting e-mail to
potential clients who have expressed an interest, then I need to spend some
quality time reading their web pages instead of sending some bot to do my
work for me.

>I would like to hear more about the specifics of the Cyberpromo case, though.
> Please fill me in.
>

Sure. YOu can read our press releases and see copies of court documents at
http://home.concentric.net/what/press.html

Kristine

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