How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates

Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates by thrownaway2424 on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @04:41PM (#6092749)

No, YOU are using the term as corrupted by email marketing people, and the post to which you replied is using it as sensible people use it. If I give a company my email address so I can get my receipts from them, and then I get "valuable offers" and "service announcements" from them, that's spam, plain and simple. Sure, it's legal in the USA, but that doesn't make it not spam.

Similarly, attaching promotional materials to my receipts and other transactional mail is an abuse of the relationship.

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Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates by gertef on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @04:45PM (#6092778)

Are you a spammer everytime you browse a website or visit a store but don't make a purchase?

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Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates by scott_s on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @05:15PM (#6092944)

Browsing is entirely different from spamming. With browsing, a store (online or offline) has opened its doors and said "Please come in! Look around, see if you want to buy something!" And we do. It's understood in this model that we are not obligated to buy something. We are browsing.

Email is a means of personal communication. I trust that when I give out my email, it will only be used for the promised purposes - such as giving me order receipts, or establishing an account. Giving out this email for one purpose is not implicit permission to use it for another purpose.

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