Oct
25
Vistaprint: Out and out spammers
It was only yesterday that I mentioned Vistaprint here in passing. And it is only today that they prove it once again that they do not respect opt out and neither does their ESP.
Oct
24
Symantec: no respect for opt-out
Symantec, provider of security software for personal computers, is desperate to reach their old contacts at Savon Voima despite the domain having changed owners and opt-outs having been sent. The ESP is Responsys.
Oct
22
Isteer.net: No bounce processing, no RFC2142/5321 required role addresses, no respect for opt-out
Isteer.net, a domain name registered to IPSS-Intelligent Precision Solutions and Services Oy, a Finnish limited company, is an ESP to various Finnish advertisers. They don’t process bounces, they deliberately refuse mail to abuse and postmaster, and they don’t respect opt-out.
Oct
22
Kuopion Liikekirjapaino: hitting dead addresses, no bounce processing, not respecting opt-out
Kuopion Liikekirjapaino, a business printing house in eastern Finland, is spamming addresses they just might know to have been dead for two plus years and are not taking “no” for an answer. Innoctus, an ESP in Finland, are not processing bounces nor taking precautions to clean their customers’ lists of known dead addresses even when they have been requested to do so.
Oct
18
Cortado Enterprise ThinPrint: no bounce processing, not respecting opt-out
ThinPrint, a brand of Cortado AG, is spamming addresses they know to be dead for two plus years via their own IPs.
Oct
18
(RESOLVED) Canal Plus newsletter: no bounce processing, not respecting opt-out, not responding to complaints
Canal Plus Finland, a brand name of the Swedish-based C More Entertainment Ab, a provider of premium TV services, is spamming addresses they know to be dead for two plus years via Basefarm Ab, a Swedish provider of Internet services.
Oct
12
Sendloop: Maybe not ignoring complaints completely after all
Sendloop.com, a Turkish ESP (a d/b/a of Oktet Bilisim Ltd), provides services to a group of Finnish spammers sending mail to addresses that have been dead for two years plus and ignores complaints.
Oct
12
Fonecta Oy: Emailing dead addresses, not respecting opt-out
Fonecta Oy, a Finnish media agency, continues to spam addresses at a domain that has changed hands two years ago via their CRM tool despite endless e-mail opt-outs, phone calls, etc. Fonecta have assured the domain owner on a number of occasions that all old addresses have been removed, but actions speak louder than words: the spam continues.
Oct
10
Marcus Evans Conferences: Emailing dead addresses, not giving a damn about opt out
Marcus Evans Conferences are spamming addresses they know to be dead as of Aug 31, 2009 via ESP sendgrid.com. They’ve been informed on March 17, 2010 and several times afterwards, most recently on Oct 3, 2011. In response to the latest one, Caroline Nielsen of linguarama.com told me just to unsubscribe on Oct 3, 2011. I have no idea how many of these addresses they have in their files, and in accordance with the Data Protection Act, they have a duty to rid their registers of erroneous and outdated data.
Oct
10
(Resolved) Haymarket: Emailing a dead address, not respecting opt out
Haymarket Media Group is spamming an address they know to be dead as of Aug 31, 2009 via ESP eCircle. Opt-outs have been sent on Sep 15, 2011 and Oct 4, 2011, after this message was received. No reply to either opt-out has been received from Haymarket. Update Nov 6: eCircle addressed transmissions to the spamtrap domain after they were informed of another customer of theirs doing the same.