Klarinet Archive - Posting 000591.txt from 1996/12

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Free books for sick kids
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 14:54:26 -0500

Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
>
> And the question which I proposed on another list remains: If they want
> to give books to children's hospitals, why do they need to receive e-mail
> messages? They will get a tax write-off even if they never receive a
> single message. More than likely, they are trying to build a data base of
> e-mail address in order to promote their commercial interests.
>
> If anyone can tell me the value of my sending an e-mail message with no
> content whatsoever to a publisher in order to induce them to make a
> charitable contribution, I will gladly send them a hundred such messages.

There WAS supposed to be some content in there, with H-M getting
exclusive
rights to re-publish. Anyway, I can easily garner much better mailing
lists
by simply asking listservs to give me their recipient addresses. Gee, if
I
were selling musical equipment and supplies, I'd probably get the email
addresses from Klarinet, the flute, sax, trumpet, oboe, horn, bassoon,
violin,
viola, etc. mailing lists (doable WITHOUT being a member), sort 'em up,
and do a mass mailing. Seems to me it's already been done, too, and a
targeted audience to boot. 50,000 valid e-mail addresses is a cinch - I
can generate a MUCH larger list if I so desire by performing a valid
query
on Alta Vista or eXcite - without having to page through all the
results.
It's not rocket science; you just have to read the instructions and
possibly
understand computerese.
--
Mark Charette "In the next world, you're on your own"
charette@-----.com - Firesign Theater
Webmaster of http://sneezy.mika.com - and who has a disclaimer on the
guestbook
promising NEVER to use any addresses garnered via the guestbook for
commercial
purposes; in fact you don't have to leave your e-mail address, but then
you don't
get a personal thank you or answers to questions you leave for me.