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Recently, I got a spam from a company called "BJS Power" trying to hock some wares that had nothing to do with me. I suspect that they grabbed my address from the A-List, but thats neither here nor there. My ISP runs spam filters which thankfully prevent my company from ever seeing the spam which is increasing every day, but this one was innocuous enough that it got through.
So I just deleted the spam as usual. However, this company (or the spammer they hired) munged the mail headers in such way that the reply-to address is another of the people that they spammed.
So over the last day, I've gotten irritated mail from New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, and India, some with rather colorful descriptions of what I can do with various parts f my anatomy.
What do companies that spam, especially in this manner, think they're doing? Personally, I'm never going to buy from these folks, even if I was in their sector. Heck, coworkers at my company have been known to call up on the phone and lay into companies that send them unsolicited mail.
I understand the need to market your products -- but I'm curious what the marketing gurus think is are the "rules of conduct" when it comes to marketing through email. Any thoughts?
Alex Pavloff - [email protected]
Eason Technology -- www.eason.com
So I just deleted the spam as usual. However, this company (or the spammer they hired) munged the mail headers in such way that the reply-to address is another of the people that they spammed.
So over the last day, I've gotten irritated mail from New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, and India, some with rather colorful descriptions of what I can do with various parts f my anatomy.
What do companies that spam, especially in this manner, think they're doing? Personally, I'm never going to buy from these folks, even if I was in their sector. Heck, coworkers at my company have been known to call up on the phone and lay into companies that send them unsolicited mail.
I understand the need to market your products -- but I'm curious what the marketing gurus think is are the "rules of conduct" when it comes to marketing through email. Any thoughts?
Alex Pavloff - [email protected]
Eason Technology -- www.eason.com