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7 Ways to Be Mistaken for a Spammer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mispell-male-genitalia-i-dare-you dept.

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."

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  1. Re:No room left for legitimate marketing. by smooth+wombat · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hate to be the one to tell you this, but a lot of people dont really like living in a capitalistic society.


    There's always Cuba, Venezuela, Myanmar, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Eritrea, to name just a few, non-capitalistic nations one could move to.

    And no, this is not one of those, "If you don't like this country, get out" redneck things. Just pointing out a few options one has if one doesn't like living in a capitalistic society.

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  2. Re:No room left for legitimate marketing. by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's always Cuba, Venezuela, Myanmar, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Eritrea, to name just a few, non-capitalistic nations one could move to.


          I agree. And as a Canadian, I don't even have to pay income tax anymore on my foreign income... US citizens are still out of luck though. Their gov't seems to think that you have to pay your US income tax no matter where you are...

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  3. Re:No room left for legitimate marketing. by smooth+wombat · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Their gov't seems to think that you have to pay your US income tax no matter where you are...


    The overriding rule of the IRS is:

    You must pay taxes on income received from any source. (emphasis mine)

    Thus, the guy who won a trip into space but had to decline because he would have owed $25K in taxes since he had won something of value and thus received income.

    Yeah, it sucks, but when you're dealing with corruption, the money has to come from somewhere.

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  4. Re:No room left for legitimate marketing. by CRCulver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree. And as a Canadian, I don't even have to pay income tax anymore on my foreign income... US citizens are still out of luck though. Their gov't seems to think that you have to pay your US income tax no matter where you are...

    Only foreign income over a certain amount is taxable under U.S. laws. Most people don't even make anything near the limit. Well, with the falling value of the dollar versus this euro, it might be conceivable for an ordinary person to make enough to be taxed on, but at the moment most U.S. citizens residing abroad don't even need to file.