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7 Ways to Be Mistaken for a Spammer
ancientribe writes "The "This is Spam" button popping up on many service providers' email services can be empowering for a user, but it can also be the kiss of death for a legitimate business that gets canned with a click of that button. Dark Reading has a story on seven common missteps that can lead to a case of mistaken spammmer identity for a legit business trying to send its marketing email, newsletters or other correspondence."
Damn you and your subliminal advertising.
This is especially frustrating to me, as it just so happens I am actually an exiled Nigerian prince who makes a perfectly honest living selling male potency supplements. Badly designed spam-blocking systems have made it incredibly difficult for me to find a complete stranger who will let me deposit sixty millions of American dollars into their bank account for completely legitimate reasons.
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All these damn 0% pre-approved credit card applications I get every day (probably 2-3) is not only spam, but a huge waist.
You aren't supposed to be eating them, silly! Just throw them out!
If fate makes you a motorcycle, you become a motorcycle.
All these damn 0% pre-approved credit card applications I get every day (probably 2-3) is not only spam, but a huge waist.
Calling them "spam" may be true, but it's just insulting to imply that they're fat, too.
120 characters for a sig? That's bloody useless.
It wold be great to see that happen, but I suspect it won't, far too many lobbyists.
Just imagine..."I can't believe it's not butter" would be become "I believe it's a petroleum industry by-product"
No, no, no. The emails you send to their customer service are considered SPAM . They don't want them.
They want to you to go to the 'checkout' page without any pesky customer service requests.
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