We all hate spam right? So why would you sign up to receive it?
That's the question that has me wondering. I refer to the recently launched
(4) OptInNZ website and "Direct Email Network"
which, in
this press release has made it known that
if you're interested in receiving commercial offers in as many as 500 categories
then you can sign up to receive such special offers via email.
Please support the advertiser
The truth is (I hope) that this site won't be sending you spam because,
it's opt-in! Like most people, I have no problem in principle with well
targeted commercial email -- it's only the rising tide of unsolicited commercial
email that gets up my nose.
What's more, I congratulate Opt-In NZ for setting up this service and I hope
it is a raging success -- simply because it might encourage other direct
marketers to use it rather than resort to spam as a method of promoting their
wares.
Good work Opt-In NZ, but I, and a lot of others, will be watching :-)
Wham, Bam, Don't Spam!
While on the subject of spamming, I've got to share this great site which someone
kindly posted to a local newsgroup.
If you've ever been driven to distraction by spammers -- take a look at
(4) Behind Enemy Lines, a brilliant
diary of how a group of spammers picked on the wrong guy and what he
did about it.
It put a smile on my face for the whole day!
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