Readers' Comments

Reader Comments on Aardvark Daily 12 Apr 2001
Note: the comments below are the unabridged submissions of readers and do
not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher.


From: Bronwyn Wilson
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: Re: Aardvark 11th April

Dear Editor Aardvark.co.nz

Thank you very much for alerting us to the issue of our old
content still being visible - well spotted.

We are addressing the issue at present and if you return to
the old pricing pages you will find they refer users to the
new site where the updated information can be found.  We
also have some content on the old site that is still in use
and we are in the process of moving this to the new site.

You raise a valid point about old pages being cached on
search engines, the problem is indeed with search engines
like Google.  The timeliness and accuracy of this
information depends on the extent to which these search
engines refresh and update the information within their
cache.

We make every effort to keep information on our website
current but we can't guarantee the timeliness or accuracy of
content delivered via search engines.

We recommend users bookmark the main page to our site
www.nzpost.com from where they can access solutions
depending on their needs.

Kind regards

Bronwyn Wilson
Web Channel Champion
New Zealand Post




From: D Marshall
For : The Editor (for publication)
Subj: Spam

I'm in total agreement with you on the DMA/EMSA needing to
use double-opt-in mailing lists if they don't want to be
regarded as spammers. Most of the mailing lists
(non-advertising mind you) I subscribe to use this, it's
hardly a new thing is it?

With a single opt-in list how do they know if the person
whose email address they have really did sign up for it
themselves or if they were 'signed up' by a third party?

Perhaps you could point out to Jim Anderton and the
Consumers Institute's Chief Executive that with a single
opt-in list it'd be very easy for someone else to sign them
up to any number of these lists. I wonder how many how many
of these opt-out SPAM they'd need to receive before changing
their minds.

The majority of SPAM I get already offer an opt-out email
address, but as you say, replying to one of these is just
telling the spammer you read the email they send you.

I for one am sick and tired of SPAM, I've started collecting
all the spam I've been sent (just to one of my email
addresses) since 19/10/00, to date I've received a total of
275 spam totaling around 1229K in size. Doesn't seem like
much? Well, I haven't even used this email address for about
3yrs and yet I still get a constant stream of SPAM to it.
Needless to say I never signed up for any of it, and the
fact I may soon get more of it from a bunch of NZ spammers
doesn't impress me either.
Now Have Your Say