I've never been in Days Hotel in Kilkenny. None of my staff have ever stayed there on business. We have no existing business relationship with them whatsoever, yet they have the gall to spam us this morning. Not only is their email unwanted, but the 3 unwanted attachments bloat the email by a further megabyte.Why oh why do Irish business not get the idea of permission? … [Read more...] about Days Hotel Kilkenny Think Spamming Is Fine
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Golden Spammers – Fined For Spamming
In the runup to the Golden Spiders earlier this year I noticed several complaints about their mailing lists.Both Peter and Mary Rose complained of having issues getting off the list despite several attempts.Now it transpires that Mary Rose has not only reported the issue to the data privacy commissioner, but that the commissioner has ruled in her favour and Golden Spiders / … [Read more...] about Golden Spammers – Fined For Spamming
Monster Spammer Tries To Remove Evidence
The Monster employee who spammed a large number of Irish companies yesterday is now attempting to remove evidence of his crime.I've just received a "recall" email from him.Of course "recall" emails only work on Microsoft Exchange and even then have limitations. We don't use Exchange, so he can send recalls all day and all night. It won't make any difference … [Read more...] about Monster Spammer Tries To Remove Evidence
Tuesday Morning Quickie
Sorry about the post title :)Pete's being spammed by Golden Spiders. He's been trying to get off their mailing list, but they're not having any of it.Eircom's wireless DSL routers are insecure. I posted a link to my delicio.us account a few days ago that I got from someone and now the story's been picked up by just about everyone.... There's a lot of discussion over on the IIU … [Read more...] about Tuesday Morning Quickie
Monster’s Irish Office Think Spamming Is Acceptable
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