> >From my understanding 9star has dealings with several
> federations and
> >intends to remain in good standing with the HE-community. They can't
> >really expect people to silently accept being sent UCE from
> them at the
> >same time? For me that's just not compatible.
> >
>
> then perhaps you can help me understand why so many vendors
> that want me to buy their products choose to bury me with
> email describing how great their product is..... do they
> expect me to silently accept this behavior?
>
> I'm certainly not saying that I like this practice, or
> consider it acceptable. I was merely noting that 9star's
> behavior isn't substantially different from many other companies....
Irrespective of how 9Star's behaviour compares to other spammers, I find
it astonishing that 9Star either (1) didn't care or (2) didn't know that
sending UCE in this fashion might irritate large swathes of their
market, violate the terms of some federations agreements whose metadata
they appear to have abused, and (in some jurisdictions) be percieved as
a criminal act.
josh.
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