Marketers claim to fight spam

Iria · Oct 23, 2005, 08:14 PM

The Direct Marketing Association, an industry group for companies that send people pitches they didn't ask for, announced the other day that its members will now stand at the front lines in the war on spam.

The association said its 4,800 members -- including most leading retailers, banks and publishers (the Hearst Corp., owner of The Chronicle, among them) -- will be required to adopt e-mail authentication systems over the next few months.

Will this be a plus for consumers? It depends on who you ask -- and how you define spam.
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Read More / Source: SFGate

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 24, 2005, 01:17 AM

Liers, they simply buy your name off a list from "bussiness parters" aka spamers
and spam you 99.9% of their opt-ins didn't opt-in... So nor only do they spam you
they pay money to other people who spam you so they can get your info. So they
can spam you.

If I didn't ask for it or sign up for it it's spam its that simple.

I wish the $500 fine per email law passed, spam would halut as companies
fountd them self out of bunesses and thier owens downm to the very shirts
on thier back. But thier big money $$ lobby / legal form of bribeing$$ put a halt to it..

only reason they don't get stoped

Oct 23, 2005, 08:14 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Marketers claim to fight spam The Direct Marketing Association, an industry group for companies that send people pitches they didn't ask for, announced the other day that its members will now stand at the front lines in the war on spam. The association said its 4,800 members -- including most leading retailers, banks and publishers (the Hearst Corp., owner of The Chronicle, among them) -- will be required to adopt e-mail authentication systems over the next few months. Will this be a plus for consumers? It depends on who you ask -- and how you define spam. __________ Read More / Source: SFGate

Oct 24, 2005, 01:17 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Liers, they simply buy your name off a list from "bussiness parters" aka spamers and spam you 99.9% of their opt-ins didn't opt-in... So nor only do they spam you they pay money to other people who spam you so they can get your info. So they can spam you. If I didn't ask for it or sign up for it it's spam its that simple. I wish the $500 fine per email law passed, spam would halut as companies fountd them self out of bunesses and thier owens downm to the very shirts on thier back. But thier big money $$ lobby / legal form of bribeing$$ put a halt to it.. only reason they don't get stoped __________________