In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 09:57:35 on Thu, 4 Nov
2004, Clementine Amawo <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I think it's generally considered acceptable to send the invitation to
>join and one follow-up reminder. After that, you'd be on very shaky
>territory.
>You should also bear in mind that our ISP probably has strict anti-spam
>rules. If someone receives an e-newsletter from you that they never
>signed up to, they could well report it to our ISP, and you could find
>our Internet service suspended.
The "Best Practice" within the Internet Industry is to treat the
invitation and follow-up as unsolicited (quite irrespective of whether
or not it's strictly illegal - which I happen to think it is).
Ask yourself - in what sense did the recipient solicit that invitation?
The test will involve looking at the "bulk" in which the invitations
were sent out. Me sending such an invitation to you, if it was the only
one, would be OK; but spamming (and I use the term deliberately) a large
list of people is a no-no.
--
Roland Perry
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