Comments on: Ethics, Morals, the ‘Net and . . . what is SPAM, really? http://answerguy.com/2009/02/13/ethics-morals-the-net-and-what-is-spam-really/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ethics-morals-the-net-and-what-is-spam-really Business Answers . Business Change . Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: davidstrom http://answerguy.com/2009/02/13/ethics-morals-the-net-and-what-is-spam-really/comment-page-1/#comment-5 davidstrom Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:36:01 +0000 http://blog.pc-vip.com/2009/02/13/ethics-morals-the-net-and-what-is-spam-really/#comment-5 <p>From my perspective, there were three things that are wrong. First, not hiding the initial recipients. I am amazed at how often I get these emails. I have made this mistake as well in the past, and hope that I don't do it in the future. It isn't illegal, or spam, or anything, other than just a honest mistake. </p> <p>Second, hitting reply all -- if that was deliberate, that was just ignorant. If it was unintentional, still not a great thing to do.</p> <p>Finally, harvesting the addresses for your own purposes is clearly a no-no. Just because you have them doesn't mean you should use them.</p> <p>David Strom<br /> author of a book on Internet emails (1998) with Marshall Rose.<br /> <a href="http://strominator.com" rel="nofollow">strominator.com</a></p> From my perspective, there were three things that are wrong. First, not hiding the initial recipients. I am amazed at how often I get these emails. I have made this mistake as well in the past, and hope that I don’t do it in the future. It isn’t illegal, or spam, or anything, other than just a honest mistake.

Second, hitting reply all — if that was deliberate, that was just ignorant. If it was unintentional, still not a great thing to do.

Finally, harvesting the addresses for your own purposes is clearly a no-no. Just because you have them doesn’t mean you should use them.

David Strom
author of a book on Internet emails (1998) with Marshall Rose.
strominator.com

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