[thelist] Sending Bulk Email
Symeon Charalabides
symeon at systasis.com
Tue Oct 13 15:40:39 CDT 2009
Hi Fred,
> But perhaps if there's an unsubscribe link then it's not spam?
No. Spam is defined as "unsolicited bulk email":
They didn't give express consent so it's unsolicited.
You're not emailing each recipient separately so it's bulk.
It's email, so it's email.
Whether you send only 1 and whether there's an unsubscribe link are
irrelevant factors on the issue.
> I think the recipients are probably a friendly type of crowd, but one
> never knows--some might well smell that it's spam, especially if
> they're an IT person in the company.
Don't risk it. Demographics will almost always betray you. I'm a
friendly type of person too but get furious when I receive ill-advised
spam such as this (that is, spam by a "we'll only do it once" campaign
or by a "surely you must like our product" campaign).
Your client and you will be doing yourselves more harm than good and you
will be legally liable too. Don't do it.
--
Symeon Charalabides (cosmopolite trainee)
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