So I came across this in my INBOX.
Note the highlighted section below:
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:05:07 -0400 To: Timothy J. Luoma From: ROLLING STONE RollingStone@xmr3.com Subject: Win a Trip to Vegas Summer Of Love CIRQUE DU SOLEIL WIN A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS VH1 CLASSIC PRESENTS THE SUMMR OF LOVE SWEEPSTAKES! Two (2) Premium tickets to see The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil. Trip for two (2) to Las Vegas, NV (coach airfare, 3 day/2 night stay with deluxe accomodations at the Mirage, limo transportation to/from hotel and airport). VIP access to The Beatles REVOLUTION Lounge, including table reservations and bottle service. One (1) LOVE gift package including The Beatles LOVE CD. FEEL THE LOVE AND ENTER NOW! http://www.vh1.com/interact/sweepstakes/summer_love_classic/ You are receiving this notification because you gave us permission to contact your regarding your subscription to Rolling Stone. If you prefer not to receive anymore e-mails from us, simply forward this e-mail message http://www.tellusmagazine.com/remove.asp. Rolling Stone Online: http://www.rollingstone.com To view our Privacy Policy click below http://www.rollingstone.com/privacypolicy-update Rolling Stone, LLC. 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 K-9-1197083-37147006-2-21194-US2-B64407AE
Yeah, um, this email doesn’t really have anything to do with my subscription.
When I give someone permission to contact me about a subscription, I mean things like “Hey, your subscription is about to expire, click here to renew.”
I don’t mean “Hey, why don’t you email me any old crap you want! You’ve got my email address, by all means, if there’s anything related to your company, and I subscribe to a magazine that your company puts out, ipsofacto I must want to get email about it!!”
Right!?!?!
Right?
Yeah, didn’t think so.
My favorite part is how they tell me to forward the email message to http://www.tellusmagazine.com/remove.asp
How do I forward an email to an URL again? I forget.