To me, important is "We saw $5000 charges to your account from Elbonia, can you verify?". "Download our new app with new redesigned UI!" is not.
If enough people bitch at them for wasting eyeball time with trivial matters they might take notice...
I get marketing SMS with pictures from my network provider about the new iPhone etc.
Its terrible.
Would you still consider that a marketing email or a notification?
Just because I am a user of some of your products is not permission to market me your other products.
Your example even reads like a marketing release. You've really somehow determined who my family and friends are, and you now support instant transfers to that specific group of people? If it were true it would be creepy, but it's unlikely. The reality is probably that you support instant transfers to other accounts at the bank, or within a network of banks, which is obviously useful, but you have no idea who might own accounts I would transfer to, and you're citing friends and family because it plays as more social. You know what the feature is, but you didn't describe it accurately--that's not exactly a lie, but it's certainly not honest either. The reason you're not just saying what you mean is because you're trying to sell me something you know I'm not that interested in.
You might have opted in by joining the service but those are worthless emails no one gives two shit about.
> The term “electronic mail message” means a message sent to a unique electronic mail address.
Note that it doesn't specify anything about SMTP or any specific email protocols besides the address. I wonder if messaging systems that use email addresses as identifiers might unintentionally be subject? E.g. Ads shown through Facebook custom audiences with email address lists.
ISPs are vigilant about blocking IP addresses with bad spam reputation. They also block IPs that have a sudden surge in volume.
Email marketers have to manage their own IP address reputations to be effective. If too many people mark your email as spam, then the IP could be blacklisted.
I just hope gmail had an auto unsubscribe. Most of the time unsubscribe doesn’t work since sites require humans to click some button or entire their email again.
I am far more worried about real mail spam. Can I do something about that ?
I think your IP becomes blacklisted simply by being reported to a blacklist.
If you join a social network, does that network need to get your explicit consent to email you notifications about events or actions that might happen on the platform such as a new followers, connection requests and so on? I understand that they would need to for marketing related emails like recommendations on who to follow etc but do event / action notifications fall into that same marketing category?
It means user triggered some action, like recently signed up or message you so you receive notification of new message awaiting you. This would be different than email marketing - when social network decides one day they want to inform you about the newest features. You didn't ask for that email and it wasn't specific to your actions but rather bulk message send en-masse.
>Several of them, Every. Day.
Lucky you. Between the fact that I'm on PR lists, I attend events all the time, I download various company info for my job, etc. (Plus companies I've ordered stuff from etc.) I probably get closer to 100/day.
Periodically I make a point of systematically opting out of mailings I can't imagine ever caring about. But mostly I rely on Gmail tabs and just skimming my email for anything I actually care about.
It takes 7 business days to get removed. My ass. It's an instant transaction or the company is incredibly incompetent.
Seriously? Is he so inexperienced in a corporate setting, or so unimaginative that this is the only thing he can come up with?
Sure they could add a 'blacklist' check on the send action level, though.
I'm sick of email spam. It doesn't take 7 days. It's a simple database update. "do not send to this person". Done. Its a dark pattern and should be punished.
I have suggested against shitty companies that spam people like. They lost a year contract. 7 days my ass. If you can't get your database working I'd be happy to help.
> CAN-SPAM, unlike most other email marketing legislations, works on an opt-out basis. There is no requirement for consent to contact subscribers based in the USA. You must make it clear how to opt-out and honor those requests promptly, within ten business days.
