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Re:Mailchimp Is Shutting Down ICO and Blockchain-Related Emails by untog on Friday March 30, 2018 @09:51AM (#16716016)
Counterpoint: there's a LOT of fraud associated with the production and sale of handbags, but I don't see Mailchimp blocking that any time soon.

I agree that as a private company they can do what they want, but I wonder if they're setting themselves a difficult precedent here.

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Re:Mailchimp Is Shutting Down ICO and Blockchain-Related Emails by opencl on Friday March 30, 2018 @09:56AM (#16716064)
This isn't a remotely new or unique precedent. Mailchimp and every other email marketing company have always had lists of prohibited content categories.

https://mailchimp.com/legal/acceptable_use/

https://ui.constantcontact.com/CCProhibitedContent.jsp

https://help.convertkit.com/article/76-terms

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Re:Mailchimp Is Shutting Down ICO and Blockchain-Related Emails by wolph on Friday March 30, 2018 @11:04AM (#16716653)
If enough people report those mails as spam, they'll ban those too. They're simply protecting their business, nothing more, nothing less.

Every mail I receive that I didn't sign up for gets a spam report from me. With that in mind, every single ICO mail I've gotten has been spam.

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