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[BJ]

"Well, I am totally on your side, we all are, but marketing people only 
believe in figures. So unless you do know about a statistic or a 
research document to back your likes up, you evangelise without much 
output."

Maybe you're going about this the wrong way.  It's a given your 
company's mailing is gonna get picked up by spam filters and get you 
blacklisted.  Maybe you should be searching for stats and press on what 
happens to blacklisted companies.  An OOB company does not generate 
revenue of any sort.   Also, I've known of legal departments who could 
stop a marketing department juggernaut-- at least once or twice.  The 
last opinion I'll offer-- once a marketing department starts calling the 
shots it means the company is on the slippery slope.  I'd start 
polishing up the resume/cv.

Just two more cents . . .
bj