Thanks to all the messages of advice and support I have received from Slashdot readers. In particular those who took the time to point out that MailList King is not a spammer tool, but rather about managing a mailing list (a local version of a listserver). We have always made a deliberate point of not adding the features that spammers like (random word/phrase generation, message header obfuscation, etc) to steer clear of that market.
MailList King, like all of the products, was created because i personally had a need to manage the people who were asking to be contacted about new releases of our software (most of our software is viewers and slideshow tools).
Presently our site is bobbing on and off line due to the hits from slashdot, but hopefully this will subside before too long and I can get back to what i do (making shareware).
The fraudulent site in question is now down, due to the efforts of slashdot readers. We are still getting abusive e-mails and threats from him (in fact i see he has even posted to this board), but I expect that too will pass.
If you read my comment below you will see that MailList King is not spamming software
We actually created it for inhouse use to handle the people that e-mailed us to join our mailing list so they could learn about new releases. We found it so useful that we released it as a product.
I'm sure you voluntarily belong to a lot of mailing lists. Is the software that is used to send those messages spam software?
For the record MailList King is more about managing a mailing list (handling subscribes, unsubscribes, bounces, double opt-in requests) rather than a bulk mail sender. Sure, like any e-mail software that can handle a lot of addresses it _can_ be used for spamming, but we deliberately do not add the tools that spammers like (random word insertion, obfuscation of headers, etc) so in that respect MailList King is not really spam software.
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MailList King, like all of the products, was created because i personally had a need to manage the people who were asking to be contacted about new releases of our software (most of our software is viewers and slideshow tools).
Presently our site is bobbing on and off line due to the hits from slashdot, but hopefully this will subside before too long and I can get back to what i do (making shareware).
The fraudulent site in question is now down, due to the efforts of slashdot readers. We are still getting abusive e-mails and threats from him (in fact i see he has even posted to this board), but I expect that too will pass.
Regards
Nigel Cross
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
We actually created it for inhouse use to handle the people that e-mailed us to join our mailing list so they could learn about new releases. We found it so useful that we released it as a product.
I'm sure you voluntarily belong to a lot of mailing lists. Is the software that is used to send those messages spam software?
Nigel Cross
Oops, i was getting ahead of myself. I will correct that momentarily...
For the record MailList King is more about managing a mailing list (handling subscribes, unsubscribes, bounces, double opt-in requests) rather than a bulk mail sender. Sure, like any e-mail software that can handle a lot of addresses it _can_ be used for spamming, but we deliberately do not add the tools that spammers like (random word insertion, obfuscation of headers, etc) so in that respect MailList King is not really spam software.
Nigel Cross