Re: legitimate unsolicited commercial e-mail vs spam
DAVID ROSS WROTE:
> I am writing a paper taking the position that legitimate
> unsolicited commercial e-mail (e.g. business to business,
> or directed at website owners, complying with
> proposed/actual federal and/or state legislation, with
> easy removal from mailing list, etc)should be
> distinguished from 'bad' spam (e.g. fake return addresses,
> pyramid plans, pornography, etc.), and should be
> permitted (if not actually encouraged).
TO WHICH FRANK FLEISCHER REPLIED:
>Sorry David, every definition I have seen of spam anywhere
>says your term "legitimate unsolicited commercial e-mail"
>is an oxymoron. Spam is unsolicited email of any kind...one
>cannot legitimize it by calling it something it is not. A
>rose by any other name...
Is what you are saying is that if I represent a commercial
enterprise there is no way for me to contact a site owner
without spamming? What if I think that their site would
really benefit from knowing about my site? Many site owners
have pages where they place link to other sites of intrest
to their constituency. Am I spamming if I searched for them
and looked at their site and decided that our sites were
compatible for a link exchange.
I am not talking about a mass e-mailing here I am suggesting
that there needs to be *some* socially acceptable way for a
commercial enterprise to contact a site owner without being
totally passive.
Havah Hope
Internet Alliances Manager
A Perfect Dealer, Inc.
The World's Largest New Balance Concept Store
http://www.aperfectdealer.com
Received on Wed Nov 03 1999 - 07:53:49 CST
