Unsollicited subscription


Regarding the post I had few months ago about ASP friends email list, I received this answer just now from Scott Cate :

REgarding the above post, I was also on the SQL list at asp friends and used the SQL a lot to chat back and forth.

When the list closed, I asked C.Carroll for the list so I could continue the service. I only rec'd/used the SQL list, and I didn't get the rest of the database. I don know that others took over/created similar lists, so this process has happened more then once.

It was more of a transfer then a spam, as I though I would simply continue the service.

There are still over 500 people on that list that get help every day, and if I hadn't transfered everyones names they wouldn't have been the same group, getting help form the same people, that they had known before, many ONLY BY THE LIST as the e-mails were mostly blocked.

Some people dropped and complained which I totally understand, which Is why i'm writing, simply to let you know what happened.

It's been a long time, but I just saw your post and thought I'd chime in as a real person.

Have a good one.
Scott Cate

I think Scott it's an honest answer, however I would prefer that you send a polite email at the beginnig of this process, to invite people to subscribe to your list.
Well I reckon that the maillist are useful, take ASPNet advice for example where you can find Julie, Marcie and others.
At this time I probably overreacted becuase I receive so much spam in my mailbox.
By the way, I discovered that some websites (no need to name them) force you to register to have some infos, something totally legitimate, but if you uncheck their 'Please send my name to third parties company', they don't bother.
I continuously receive unsollicited emails.

 

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  • I would tend to agree with you that the proper way of going about things would've been a one-time email to the old list subscribers pointing them to where they could subscribe to the new list(s).





    Whether or not the intent was pure, automatically subscribing people to a new list was, IMO, wrong both from the standpoint of netiquette, as well as from the standpoint of the rules of the Yahoo groups.





    I know Scott from other venues, and I'm sure he meant well, but I do think the transition from old lists to new should have been handled differently.


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