The British DMA (http://www.dma.org.uk) which runs the various 'Preference
Services' to opt out of marketing lists links to this service, so I would
assume that it is legitimate, although not necessarily useful, since you may
not be getting any e-mails from the marketing companies that use them
anyway.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Smith [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Uninvited e-mails
>
> Doreen Broom writes:
>
> > Thanks to all who replied. There appears to be an internet address
> where
> > you can go to to opt out :
> > http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumers/optoutform_emps.shtml
>
> I cannot easily find DMA's postal address listed on their website, which
> immediately makes me suspicious. Can anyone positively confirm that
> dmaconsumers.org is NOT being used to harvest valid email addresses?
>
> --
> Graham Smith
> Kildwick Smith Limited
>
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