Listwashing

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Also, a thought for y'all to chew on and probably disagree with, but maybe let it haunt you for a while before disagreeing:

Listwashing isn't bad, because the spam stops.

It only becomes bad when listwashing is used as an excuse for not improving the acquisition process.

It's taken me a while to come to this conclusion, but I think the ever-widening gap between the pure-scum spammers (who won't receive complaints anyway) and the wannabe-legit marketers (who honor unsubscribes, if only due to CAN-SPAM) has convinced me.

Thursday, April 22. 2004
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