Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?

date posted 16th August 2004 11:45

> companies so the recipients have previsouly agreed to have there details
> published in this way and will expect to recieve 'on topic' (postal) mail.

Are you sure? I've had people trying to insist that myco had signed up to
some opt-in list they had found on a CD. Signing up to postal mail is not
the same as email.

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Kathy
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+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia
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From: "Kalagoo.Com" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?


>
> Its all B2B - the CD is published as a means to send postal mailings to
the
> companies so the recipients have previsouly agreed to have there details
> published in this way and will expect to recieve 'on topic' (postal) mail.
>
> I'm with you on what you said - and company image and respectability is
> paramount however, this is balanced against maybe getting a few thousand
> more people to signup for the newsletter for later conversion into sales!
>
> Leased line, own mail server, ISP Worldcom don't bother us much.
>
> If I cant send unsolicited mail then how are you supposed to 'solicit' in
> the first place? Surely a single friendly email with zero followup would
be
> ok???
>
> P
>
> > Yeah, wot he sed...
> >
> > I believe it's within the law to do the above in a b2b context within
> > the uk.
> >
> > Your ISP, however, may not appreciate it. Check the AUP you agreed to
> > with a) whoever provides you home/office connectivity (ie, your
> > dial-up/ADSL provider), b) whoever provides your SMTP server, c) your
> > web space.
> >
> > a, b and c may be the same entity.
> >
> > If any of those says "don't send unsolicited mail" then you really
> > shouldn't.
>
>
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