Six months after I stayed at a La Quinta Inn, they've suddenly decided to start sending me spam, helpfully noting in the text of the spam that I was added on August 1, 2007. I guess some dumb ideas take a long time to percolate through the hierarchy.
As bad ideas go, this one is spectacular. It won't take long for La Quinta to be added to the list of spammers, which means that email I might want to receive from them, such as a reservation confirmation, will be blocked by email filters. Then again, since I won't do business with spammers, I guess that's no longer an issue for me.
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SBR wrote at 2007-08-29 21:09:
I don't think Glenda Hall got it. Since I like explaining things, I'll try. If you spam all your customers, and one complains and gets taken off the spam list, it WON'T HELP. Eventually the spam filters will find out about you, and you will be blacklisted.
Then, even if Dr. Moshe wants to get your email, he won't be able to, because standard apam filters will block your addresses.
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Glenda Hall wrote at 2007-08-03 07:54: