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October 1, 2008
Political Spam...Who Would've Thought???
Surprise, surprise. The politicians who brought us CAN-SPAM (which is good, by the way...) have apparently concluded that it does NOT apply to them. As a result, my Inbox is flooded with messages from Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Orrin Hatch and lots more friendly pols...local and national. Apparently, if you ever signed up for ANYTHING from one of the parties, you are entitled to unlimited spam from these knuckleheads.
The interesting thing about e-mail is that because it's "free" to send each piece (or nearly free by comparison to snail mail), marketers can kill the p_ _ _ out of it in pursuit of their goal. That is why e-mail continues to be a harder and harder medium to succeed in even if you have a legit opt-in list with customers who want to get your message.
I wonder what would happen if I reported them all. Would they prosecute themselves?
Posted by jcioban at October 1, 2008 7:29 PM
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