{"id":166,"date":"2006-02-23T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2006-02-23T20:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/166"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:54:35","slug":"you-are-part-of-the-spam-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/general-interest\/you-are-part-of-the-spam-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"You are part of the spam problem&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spam is everyones responsibility. Today, I had to send the following\u00a0email to a business owner\u00a0that I know, who\u00a0simply hadn&#8217;t ever thought about the subject\u00a0before.<\/p>\n<p>(his\u00a0name and\u00a0business type aren&#8217;t really X, by the way&#8230;\u00a0)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">Dear X,<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">You sent out an email with over 40 people in the To: field,\u00a0sharing the email addresses of all of your mailing list for everyone to see.\u00a0Since t<\/font><\/span><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">he subject of your email was the local\u00a0Portland\u00a0X business,\u00a0I knew that at least one person\u00a0on that list would seize the\u00a0opportunity to\u00a0send me another (spam) message, and sure enough, it took less than two hours.<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">This same concept applies to forwarding jokes, but when it&#8217;s your business,\u00a0it can hurt you financialy too. <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">This is a highly targeted list of people with a commonly shared interest in X and you&#8217;ve just added us all to the mailing list.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">If you&#8217;re going to use Outlook to forward jokes or send any mail whatsoever to a group, then ALWAYS <\/font><\/span><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">send\u00a0using the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)\u00a0option. <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">Have the To: field addressed\u00a0to yourself, and put your addresses in the BCC field below CC. 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Then you&#8217;re protecting the privacy of your friends, associates and customers. <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">If you want to know more about BCC, try this, with <a href=\"http:\/\/email.about.com\/cs\/oetipstricks\/qt\/et042102.htm\" target=\"_blank\">step by step\u00a0How To BCC: walkthroughs<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\">Call w\/ questions, Scott<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"929512720-23022006\"><strong>If you have a business, and want to send any commercial email, to keep yourself out iof trouble, you&#8217;re\u00a0better off using a low cost commercial service that follows the CAN-Spam act guidelines, as I mentioned in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/150\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this post<\/strong><\/a><strong> earlier this month.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spam is everyones responsibility. 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