Have The Anti Spam Groups Lost Touch With Reality?

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Every time I think the anti spam hysteria has gone as faras they can to make ...
lives ... they proveme wrong and push the envelope even ...
sad part of this problem is there are Every time I think the anti spam hysteria has gone as faras they can to make marketer's lives miserable, they proveme wrong and push the envelope even further.The sad part of this problem is there are so many marketersthat sympathize with them. One well know marketer has evengone so far as to compare myself, and other marketers who feel this situation has gotten out of hand, to the X-Files.I really have to laugh at the pot calling the kettle black.Here are two incidents from one day that will show how absurd this situation has become.I received an email from one of my subscribers complainingthey were unable to remove themselves from my list.
I emailed them and let them know I would contact my list provider and do my best to have the situation corrected as quickly as humanly possible.I also asked them to please let me know if they receivedfuture mailings so I could find out why support hadn'tcorrected the problem.What was their response?I received an email two days later. You are still sendingme emails and if it keeps up I'll have to report you as aspammer.Amazing! How understanding, how charitable.Imagine the rush it must give someone to be able to holda sword over my head.
Imagine their feeling of power.Well I'm sorry to disappoint everyone, but I wouldn't careif they held a gun to my head, the situation was beyond mycontrol and their efforts would be better served makingtheir business grow.Ah! The X-Files get even thicker!!On that same day I receive an email to my abuse department.I don't have an abuse department, but nobody said these groups were populated by geniuses.The story even gets better. They were emailing me to reporta spam complaint against a fellow publisher.Maybe it's me, but it seems slightly foolish to send a complaint to:1.
A Non existent spam department.2. Asking a board member of E-crucible to reprimand a fellowpublisher.Wait here's the kicker!!I should punish him because one of my articles was in hisnewsletter.I must be dumb as a stump.
I never considered punishing apublisher for running my articles.Whoa Daddy!! I'm an X-Filer and they're the politically correct, sane, rational masters of the internet.If these are the geniuses ruling the web, I'm more thansatisfied being the dullest ax in the shed.I owe them a debt of gratitude. Every time I find myselfbecoming too complacent, they send one of these foolishthreats and get my blood flowing.In the words of Pat Benatar, "Hit me with your best shot,fire away."I'm content being the "Unforgiven,"Wishing You Success,John Colanzi Article Tags: Anti Spam Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com .