Cosmin Nicolaescu on 25 Feb 2006 16:12:38 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Job offer :: contract position


On Sat, February 25, 2006 10:35 am, Alexander Birch wrote:
> On 2/25/06, Cosmin Nicolaescu <cos@camelot.homelinux.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>>
>> And collecting more than 1 mil addresses in 7 days (and then perhaps
>> more?) certanly doesn't seem to have any other use than .. spam.
>
>
> It doesn't seem to be email harvesting.
>
> In the olden days, when people sent you unwanted mail to your house, it
> was
> called junk mail.
>

That's true, but in an online context junkmail == spam. The fact that I
used "spam" does not mean that it's illegal. There is legal spam (mostly
when the user actually has a possiblity to unsubscribe).

But I might be wrong on this, it would be nice if we get some more info on
what the use would be.

-Cos

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