How many spam emails do you get in a day’s time. 5, 10, 100?
And how many times do you see something like this:
This email was sent because you signed up and/or registered with us or one of our affiliates. To stop receiving email from (insert company name), click here or mail us as (insert snail-mail address here). (Company name) is a mailing service and does not guarantee or support any of the offers advertised in this email. This email may be a part of a continuing campaign.
Exactly “when” did I sign-up and or register? Most of the places that I’ve registered/signed up over the last few years, when and if I have, have been with sites/forum/programs/apps that promised me my email would never be shared. Never. Ever. Promise.
So who exactly is zooming whom? Is the emailer lying? Were those angelic sites lying?
And forget about “clicking here”, as it is my belief that that in itself is a means by which ‘mailers’ can verify they’ve got a live addy.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were no spam email? Wake-up, you’re dreaming, but here’s a thought.
Why not force them to include the date that registration or sign-up occurred, and whilst we’re at it, include the place from which we did the registration/sign-up.
After all, if they have our data, they have our data.
Yeah, but…