Klarinet Archive - Posting 001167.txt from 2000/05

From: charette@-----.org
Subj: [kl] Abhorrent spam
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 12:02:19 -0400

Klarinetters,
A spam just came in from promusicfind.net with a new twist - I get added _automatically_ to their mailing list unless I opt out! Considering that I normally just delete spam I wouldn't have read it. Then they'd claim (after I tried to get off their mailing list later) that I had accepted their offer of _joining_ the dag-nabit thing.

Here's the line, and my response to their admin:
" ...
Your e-mail address was presented to ProMusicFind.Com as a Music Enthusiast and was added t
o our newsletter subscription.

If you would like to receive our newsletter each month, you need not do anything.

Our newsletter features updates about ProMusicFInd.Com, new dealers that are selling musica
l products, and interesting tid-bits on the Music Industry.

If you feel your address was added by mistake, we apologize for this inconvenience. Please
click on the link below and you will automatically be removed from this list.

ProMusicFind.Com

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Dear Sir/Madam,
Please be advised that I am now removing your name off of my list of acceptable retailers a
t http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet and will advise all of my respondents to avoid doing work
or business with you. An automatic "opt-in" spam message is disturbing to me; a spam messag
e saying that I need to activate a link to be added to your list would have at least been "
^R
Please be advised that I am now removing your name off of my list of acceptable retailers a
t http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet and will advise all of my respondents to avoid doing work
or business with you. An automatic "opt-in" spam message is disturbing to me; a spam messag
e saying that I need to activate a link to be added to your list would have at least been e
asily deleted without reading it.

Mark Charette@-----.org
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