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Home :: Email 22 Mar 2010 Oh, really? Email This morning I got a paper catalog addressed to VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING, NETWORK ABUSE CLEARINGHOUSE, better known as abuse.net, from infoUSA, the giant junk mail database company. Vice President? Wow, must be someone important, but since there's nobody here but me, I guess I'll take a look. On page 44 it says: Reach executives where they work with more than 2 million business emails. Each business has been contacted and opted-in for third party marketing. ... The infoUSA consumer email database includes more than 75 million email addresses, all of whom have elected to receive third-party email marketing. Oh, really? posted at: 15:53 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments posted at: 15:53 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments comments...        (Jump to the end to add your own comment) Wow Are their serious? Somehow the idea of 75 million people WANTING 3rd party marketing emails is a bit hard to swallow. Good grief...I'd love to send an email to all 75 million and ask, "Have you ever elected to received third-party email marketing from infoUSA?" (by Gregg 24 May 2010 17:04) Add your comment... Note: all comments require an email address to send a confirmation to verify that it was posted by a person and not a spambot. The comment won't be visible until you click the link in the confirmation. Unless you check the box below, which almost nobody does, your email won't be displayed, and I won't use it for other purposes.   Name: Email: you@wherever (required, for confirmation) Title: (optional) Comments: Show my Email address Save my Name and Email for next time

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