f.hilt@gmx.de
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:42:20 +0200
Thank you for these words, Ed. Spamming by using list-adresses has become a real
plague!
FLO
Shakehip@aol.com schrieb:
> Sorry to whine and b*tch about this, but certain folks on this list are using
> the list to collect their own database for their own band's mailing list.
>
> I have two problems with this - - Why can't you just post it to the list ?
> 2) Why are you putting a guy in Philly on a mailing list to notify him
> privately of a gig in Timbuktoo. - - ULtimately the problem is, if I go on
> vacation and want to get off this list of any other so my box doesn't get
> clogged, I just unsubscribe - - however, if you put me on your private
> mailing list, I still get useless SPAMS - - get the picture.
>
> So for those individuals who use this list to collect addresses for their own
> bulk mailings, I just want you to know that I'm going to forward them to your
> ISP and my ISP, like a do with all spam and you could lose your e-mail
> account or get certain restrictions. (I know people this has happened too.)
>
> If you want to send me private e-mails - - fine. If you want to post to the
> list - - fine. If you're a local band and you want to hip me to what's going
> on now and then, fine. But if you're sending me bulk e-mails just because
> I'm on the list, and you don't want to post to the list, maybe because you
> don't care about it, and you're using it... cut the sh*t and while you're at
> it, try to get a following via word of mouth. That's how most real bands
> build up. If you go to a show and survey people and ask them why they came,
> it wasn't because of an annoying e-mail or flyer. It was because their
> friend brought them along 8 times out of 10. Mailling lists are for
> consolidating your fan base to know about future shows. This isn't the
> Blues Borthers Movie.
>
> Peace,
>
> Ed
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