So I became a spammer today...

[Shoseki]

Or rather, I set up a "spamming" service for the company that I work for, newsletters etc. People sign up if they want details, can remove themselves automatically etc etc. Personally I don't like this sort of system, I've only ever signed up to a couple of mailing lists in my life and tbh they usually sit there unread.

So the question is, what are people's opinions of this, and would you set one up if your company ask you to? Do any of you actually actively subscribe / read mail from a mailing list?

 

[Shoseki]

well, it's not as bad as all that - but in some cases emails are being sent to people who aren't expecting them and haven't signed up for anything - it's just an email address that's been given to someone that's been given to someone at our company that's been thrown on the pile of people to send stuff to.

to be fair, it annoys me partly because I have to put the emails together from designs by someone who's not got a clue about the restrictions of email design. and I also hate html emails!

The question is, if you don't make an html email, how can you make it into a newsletter with images etc?

 

[Shoseki]

Well, > 250 positive responses so far so probably worth it.