Why oh why do people in ENN simply publish companies' press releases as if they were gospel? It just so happens that I have a conflicting set of results... Odd that, isn't it? Note the inclusion of actual figures ie. you can see how many emails were involved, as opposed to a vague and unscientific statement with no actual figures to support its conclusions (they may have the … [Read more...] about ENN – Press Release Recycling At Its Best?
Spam Filtering
An Fearr Rua Are Spamming Scum
For the second time in the last month or so I've received spam from An Fearr Rua. They've obviously been scraping email addresses off websites using a robot. Wow! Aren't they innovative! So now they're spamming the entire country via Eircom's SMTP. Great marketing play guys - keep it up! … [Read more...] about An Fearr Rua Are Spamming Scum
Comment Spam – An alternate view
Since Richard started blogging a few weeks ago I've been keeping an eye on his posts and enjoying every one of them. His most recent one hurt. It really did. I laughed so much my sides hurt (or maybe that's just my bad cooking?? ) If you blog you get comments. Unfortunately a lot of them will be spam .. While I find the odd one that gets into my moderation list mildly … [Read more...] about Comment Spam – An alternate view
More Irish Spam – Grr!
When idiots invade my inbox with unsolicited junk about websites I get annoyed. When they obviously scraped the email address from a 3rd party website I get really annoyed. If you want to market your website there are ways to do it. Spamming me is not one of them. Expecting me to unsubscribe from a mailing list I never subscribed to is unacceptable. An Fearr Rua are obviously … [Read more...] about More Irish Spam – Grr!
Recruiters Spamming
Dear Recruitment Agency Yes I post to mailing lists. No, that does not give you permission to email me as if pulling my email address from there was "acceptable". Thanks Michele … [Read more...] about Recruiters Spamming