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Is that just a rant?[ Parent ] (none / 0) (#4)
by foxyshadis1 on Fri Jan 05, 2007 at 04:05:31 PM PDT

Surprisingly enough, most legitamite businesses give you the option on signup to opt-out (even if it's sneakily worked) and put links in their emails to get off their mailing lists; in the rare events that they're a little on the sleazy or neglectful side, they come from the same address each time, which is easily blocked. Businesses have a legitamite need to market, because there's one person who needs their service and a few who will be interested but undecided, for every so many who don't care. It's not their fault that many people will actually sign themselves up to too much information.

Given that, your complaint sounds exceedingly petty, and entirely unrelated to the issue raised here.

When they start coming from a different address or server each time, or ignore an opt-out, of course it's crossed over into spammer land.

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