Re: legitimate unsolicited commercial e-mail vs spam

From: Shawn Merwin <merwin_at_netsync.net>
Date: Thu 4 Nov 1999 11:00:32 -0500

DAVID ROSS WROTE:
> What I am thinking of is really more of a b2b situation.
> E.g. where the owner of WebSite A (which makes widgets)
> invests the time and energy in actually researching, finding
> and visiting Websites B, C & D (online widget retailers),
> and wants to sell them A's widgets. A is not harvesting
> random e-mail addresses (or buying them from such a
> harvester). Yet an unsolicited email to B, C & D proposing
> a business relationship would be, as Frank points out, by a
> strict definition, spam.

David,

Thank you for clarifying this point. It does bring up a
more ambiguous point. Now that you mention this, I must
admit that I have received unsolicited commercial emails
from members of this group offering their "services" without
my specific request for or interest in those services. Is
this still considered Spam event thought it was a one-to-one
missive, or does there need to be an element of automation
and mass dispersal for the Spam label to apply? I am really
interested in hearing what everyone has to say about your
more specific inquiry.


Shawn Merwin
Director of Software Training
www.visionarysoftware.com





Received on Thu Nov 04 1999 - 10:00:32 CST