Earlier today I posted about three Irish spams I'd received in the morning. I didn't go into any detail, as I was busy with other things and also wanted to see how Monster would handle the situation.The email that they sent to several hundred people included a lot of email addresses that I recognised for one reason or another. Hardly surprising as all the businesses in question … [Read more...] about Monster’s Irish Office Think Spamming Is Acceptable
Irish Companies Don’t Get Email Marketing vs Spam
Today is fast becoming "spam Monday"So far this morning I have received unsolicited bulk email from three Irish companies:Fota Island resort Monster's Irish officeGolden SpidersAre these people aware of the amount of damage they are doing their companies by using this kind of marketing methodology?The Monster email was particularly bad, as the person who sent it obviously … [Read more...] about Irish Companies Don’t Get Email Marketing vs Spam
How Not To Update a website – Golden Spiders
Pete spotted an interesting issue with the Golden Spiders site this morningIt looks like whoever designed the site uploaded the site's template and replaced the content ....Their frontpage looks a bit odd at the moment, as does the claim: Due to huge demand, nominations have been extended until 5th October at 4.30pm.So they're playing shift the goalposts again this year?Let's … [Read more...] about How Not To Update a website – Golden Spiders
Polish – Irish Community Launched
Krystian has just launched a new forum in English aimed at getting Irish and Polish people to interact. … [Read more...] about Polish – Irish Community Launched
Geek Tip – Find out more about an AS number
I was just chatting to Niall about RIPE assignments and members and he gave me a nice little command to check data.You need to run this in a shell:whois -i origin AS39122 -h whois.ripe.netIf the RIPE member in question has been keeping their data current you should get back information on all their IP assignments (or is that allocations? I always mix them up!) … [Read more...] about Geek Tip – Find out more about an AS number