[c-nsp] OT: Pingsta spam

[Jay Hennigan]

Peter Alfred-Adekeye wrote:
> PS. That was meant to read 'looks like we are ...'
> 
> my fingers are in over-drive-mode :-)

Well, what I received was:

* Bulk
* Unsolicited
* Email.


 From where was my address harvested?  This list?  Do the list 
administrators know about and authorize this?  Other lists?  Same 
question.

It indeed sounds like the site may have some value, but the method of 
promotion drags it down to the level of stock market scams, questionable 
pills and potions, and Nigerians with a lot of money to give away.  It 
also violates this:  http://www.above.net/corporate/antispam.html
as well as CAN-SPAM.

You might want to Google "Boulder Pledge" and consider that your target 
audience of internetwork experts generally consider UBE to be rather 
malicious.

Suggestion:

Mention it here, once, in as non-salesy way as you can think of.  Of 
course it may be a little late now.

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