Ooooo, and it makes me wonder. (LZ)
Nebula Oy (www, biz reg, responsible people, financial details), my favourite spam-support hosting provider here in Finland have taken the next step on their road to oblivion – by advertising their own services via spam. Their own Terms of Service might not amount to much, but this is decidedly a big step downward.
Funny, I didn’t *think* this spamtrap was a dog….
Veterinary pharmaceutical company Merial just sent a bulk email advertisement for Certifect, a trademarked flea and tick treatment for dogs, to an email address that was closed several years ago. After a number of years in which this email address rejected all attempts to send email to it, it was re-enabled as a spamtrap in 2010. The ESP is Campaign Monitor through their self-service newsletter facility at CreateSend.com.
JS Media (see biz reg; a personal d/b/a of Jukka Saario) wants to teach spamtraps how to deal with Facebook Timeline. Addresses are outdated and erroneous and the sender indicates having bought them from Fonecta. The ESP is Campaign Monitor, whose anti-spam policy forbids the use of purchased lists.
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