Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by ggreer on Monday April 21, 2014 @11:45AM
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I'd appreciate it if you could name the company so that I and others may avoid them as well.
Edit: I am very confused by the downvotes.
Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by revnja on Monday April 21, 2014 @12:28PM
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Tanga does this. It's very easy to unsubscribe, but that's beside the point. I bought one thing from there and started getting "daily deal" mails, very annoying. I try the unsubscribe, but then if mail is still flowing, I will mark as spam, but I am very conservative with that Spam button. I manage mail for a large ISP and too know the horrors of customers complaining that our IP space is blacklisted.
Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by click170 on Monday April 21, 2014 @04:34PM
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Can someone help me understand why naming and shaming companies for what is in the customer's opinion poor behaviour deserves down-votes? No sarcasm, honest question.
Were the down-votes for something else? I honestly think some naming and shaming would be a good thing in situations like this. Especially in this day and age when complaining on twitter is more and more likely to get a response from the company in question.
Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by ggreer on Monday April 21, 2014 @04:56PM
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I can't edit my comment anymore, but earlier it was at -1 with no replies.
Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by coldpie on Monday April 21, 2014 @01:41PM
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What company was this? Name and shame them. Ticketmaster did something similar for me. They subscribed me to three or four lists, each of which I had to individually unsubscribe from. I will never buy from Ticketmaster again.
Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by pavel_lishin on Monday April 21, 2014 @05:35PM
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Isn't that basically tantamount to not going to live shows anymore?
Re:Most of the Amazon SES IP blacklisted by SpamCannibal
by partisan on Monday April 21, 2014 @04:06PM
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ProFlowers did this to me. I ordered a condolence package for my manager who had a passing in the family. I immediately started receiving emails from ProFlowers and several of its brands.
It was spam, plain and simple. I purchased flowers because someone passed away and suddenly I was on the list of people who are just on the verge of buying chocolate covered strawberries, but just waiting for the right discount.
Thinking about it now, do chocolate covered strawberries and price conscious consumers even go hand in hand?
I just went through that a few weeks ago. I ordered something and the merchant decided to start spamming me with product info on a daily basis. I thought I unchecked the "spam me" button, but I guess I was wrong.
So I unsubscribed. And got two more emails.
They were required by law to stop sending me emails within 10 business days. They carefully waited exactly 10 business days. In the mean time, they sent me two emails a day in case I might change my mind.
After two days I started marking the messages as spam. Luckily they were kind enough to provide me with an opt-out confirmation email. I was ready to sue them when they stopped right at the boundary.
Just a pure jack-ass move by the company. I'll never buy from them again.