This isn’t about SPAM in a can, but the one that floods your email inbox the moment you check your mail at the office in the morning.
The reason I am writing this, is to give a valuable tip to those who have inadvertently been spamming and without their knowing it.
But what is spam?
Wikipedia says E-mail spam or junk e-mail is a subset of spam that involves sending nearly identical messages to numerous recipients by e-mail. Originally the term spam applied only to usenet messages, although it has now popularly been applied to e-mail, particularly because the effect is similar and is more well known. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE).
What do you mean by unsolicited? It simply means, I received email with information or data that (a) I didn’t ask for, and thus (b) I am not supposed to be getting.
Actually the real reason that got me started in writing this post is because I received an email from someone from a prestigious 5 star hotel advertising a promo; I was copy furnished, together with so many other people. You wanna know how I handled it? Read the email I sent to the person who sent the email.
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Hello XXXXXXXXXX,
I would like to make an inquiry…
I received this email from you; however I do not remember requesting for any information; neither am I a part of a web ring hosted by your company; I am not also a member of a club of the hotel that who receives weekly promotions.
Having said that, your email is considered spam, and I sincerely suggest for you to please avoid sending unsolicited email. I’ll tell you why.
If there was someone out there crazy enough and with an axe to grind against your company, that person can easily report you to your domain registrar and ICANN, and what happens is your domain could get suspended.
I’m telling you, these guys take spam seriously. I say “could” because there are some domain registrars that have very strict spam policies and some are kind of lax. Either way, it’s risky. You may not have access to your domain name… in case your wondering, your domain name is
“XXXXXXXXXXXX.net”.
Do not worry, I received this email cc’d with several other people, and I didn’t cc them with this email to you.
So please, refrain from sending out unsolicited email. I am here to help =D
Thanks and have a nice day,
Roy Sencio
www.mywebsnack.info
“anything you need to know about the web”
