Comments for Another Fine Mess http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog How people goof up the really important Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on iContact Promotes Spam by admin http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/icontact-promotes-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4681 admin Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:19:23 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2354#comment-4681 Thanks for letting me know Carl. My spam filters do a really good job. But at the time I made the post, I think I was getting stuff from all over, and every time I unsubscribed, iContact was the distributor behind it. Maybe blogs actually make a difference to companies after all. ;) Thanks for letting me know Carl.

My spam filters do a really good job. But at the time I made the post, I think I was getting stuff from all over, and every time I unsubscribed, iContact was the distributor behind it.

Maybe blogs actually make a difference to companies after all. ;)

]]> Comment on iContact Promotes Spam by Carl S. Gutekunst http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/icontact-promotes-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Carl S. Gutekunst Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:49:34 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2354#comment-4680 Bruce, it appears that iContact has dramatically improved over the past six months. They've been moving aggressively to require customers to clean up their lists and ejecting the ones who continued to spam, even customers they'd had for years. (And, not surprisingly, some of those have now appeared on other ESPs.) If you're still having issues with spam from them, give their abuse desk another try and see how it goes. Bruce, it appears that iContact has dramatically improved over the past six months. They’ve been moving aggressively to require customers to clean up their lists and ejecting the ones who continued to spam, even customers they’d had for years. (And, not surprisingly, some of those have now appeared on other ESPs.)

If you’re still having issues with spam from them, give their abuse desk another try and see how it goes.

]]> Comment on iContact Promotes Spam by admin http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/icontact-promotes-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4677 admin Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:03:09 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2354#comment-4677 Dear Carl, Many thanks for your comment. It's unfortunate that we have both had the same bad experience from these people, but encouraging to know that it's not all in our imagination. Cheers, Bruce Dear Carl,

Many thanks for your comment. It’s unfortunate that we have both had the same bad experience from these people, but encouraging to know that it’s not all in our imagination.

Cheers, Bruce

]]> Comment on iContact Promotes Spam by Carl S. Gutekunst http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/icontact-promotes-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4676 Carl S. Gutekunst Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:05:31 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2354#comment-4676 iContact is all over my traps. Complaining will get individual addresses removed, but the toxic list that they got the addresses from originally is still used. In industry parlance, this is called "list washing." This differs sharply like legitimate bulk mailers, e.g., Constant Contact or SimplyCast, who will delete entire lists that are found to contain any addresses that were not opt-in. iContact is all over my traps. Complaining will get individual addresses removed, but the toxic list that they got the addresses from originally is still used. In industry parlance, this is called “list washing.”

This differs sharply like legitimate bulk mailers, e.g., Constant Contact or SimplyCast, who will delete entire lists that are found to contain any addresses that were not opt-in.

]]> Comment on iContact Promotes Spam by admin http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/icontact-promotes-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 admin Thu, 31 May 2012 14:04:05 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2354#comment-4673 Thanks, Bob, for your comments. Thanks, Bob, for your comments.

]]> Comment on iContact Promotes Spam by Bob http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/icontact-promotes-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4672 Bob Thu, 31 May 2012 13:07:50 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2354#comment-4672 In my experience iContact do nothing about spammers that are reported to them. I've had email conversations with the iContact owners about specific spamming incidents. They promise to look into it, but 6 months later the same spammer is up and running on iContact. They just don't care. In my experience iContact do nothing about spammers that are reported to them. I’ve had email conversations with the iContact owners about specific spamming incidents. They promise to look into it, but 6 months later the same spammer is up and running on iContact.
They just don’t care.

]]> Comment on Useless Bonuses by admin http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/useless-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-4665 admin Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:35:57 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=546#comment-4665 Dear Marcus, Many thanks for sharing your experience. I'm sorry that you haven't been able to successfully unsubscribe. The best advice I can offer is to set up a filter for this name and then have your email client automatically send it to your spam folder. At least that way you won't be reminded that he's peddling junk. :) Cheers, Bruce Dear Marcus,

Many thanks for sharing your experience. I’m sorry that you haven’t been able to successfully unsubscribe. The best advice I can offer is to set up a filter for this name and then have your email client automatically send it to your spam folder. At least that way you won’t be reminded that he’s peddling junk. :)

Cheers, Bruce

]]> Comment on Useless Bonuses by Marcus Breyten http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/useless-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-4664 Marcus Breyten Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:15:17 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=546#comment-4664 I've been trying to get rid of John Cornetta for months...he and his group of spammers won't honor unsubscribe so stay as far away from this creep as possible...or even better, there's a lawyer who is going after spammers and he's winning. http://www.danhatesspam.com/ I’ve been trying to get rid of John Cornetta for months…he and his group of spammers won’t honor unsubscribe so stay as far away from this creep as possible…or even better, there’s a lawyer who is going after spammers and he’s winning. http://www.danhatesspam.com/

]]> Comment on Zardari’s Faux Pas by admin http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/zardaris-faux-pas/comment-page-1/#comment-4661 admin Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:15:33 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2129#comment-4661 Dear Atiq, Many thanks for your comments. I'd seen some of the footage of OBL's compound, but as the standard of living is generally so much lower in that part of the world, it's not always obvious if they are as poverty-stricken as it would appear to a Westerner. But, I prefer to remain objective about how to address Zardari. He may be perceived as the APPP to some, but to me such a title shows obvious bias. As for the fugitives in the US, it's a BIG country. You can fit the whole of Western Europe into just the 48 lower states. If you add Alaska, you increase it by more than a third. So, I imagine that it would be quite easy to get lost in it if you really wanted to. No information was available on any of the people you mentioned on how officials found these people, apart from the one who had a tattoo that was recognized by officers. In other words, these men, like most fugitives who've been on the run for some time are discovered accidentally. Occasionally, a disgruntled family member or "friend" will report them to the authorities. I doubt that the police are incompetent, but there aren't enough of them to pursue every case to the extent that they would like. Television programs such as "Cold Case" exemplify that. As for complicity, there probably is a certain amount of that in the case of organized crime, and maybe even in "small town, backwoods" America; but I think that, on the whole, the neighbors are unaware of the notorious past of those who live next door. Cheers, Bruce Dear Atiq,

Many thanks for your comments. I’d seen some of the footage of OBL’s compound, but as the standard of living is generally so much lower in that part of the world, it’s not always obvious if they are as poverty-stricken as it would appear to a Westerner.

But, I prefer to remain objective about how to address Zardari. He may be perceived as the APPP to some, but to me such a title shows obvious bias.

As for the fugitives in the US, it’s a BIG country. You can fit the whole of Western Europe into just the 48 lower states. If you add Alaska, you increase it by more than a third. So, I imagine that it would be quite easy to get lost in it if you really wanted to. No information was available on any of the people you mentioned on how officials found these people, apart from the one who had a tattoo that was recognized by officers. In other words, these men, like most fugitives who’ve been on the run for some time are discovered accidentally. Occasionally, a disgruntled family member or “friend” will report them to the authorities.

I doubt that the police are incompetent, but there aren’t enough of them to pursue every case to the extent that they would like. Television programs such as “Cold Case” exemplify that.

As for complicity, there probably is a certain amount of that in the case of organized crime, and maybe even in “small town, backwoods” America; but I think that, on the whole, the neighbors are unaware of the notorious past of those who live next door.

Cheers, Bruce

]]> Comment on Zardari’s Faux Pas by Atiq Rehman http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/zardaris-faux-pas/comment-page-1/#comment-4660 Atiq Rehman Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:41:44 +0000 http://www.p-advantage.com/Blog/?p=2129#comment-4660 Agree with almost everything but want to put some things in context. a. OBL was living in abject poverty. You can see the inside of his compound here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YF1-ekTQOk). The furniture, fittings, his small tv, beddings all indicate a very spartan life. b. Kindly refer to Zardari as the "American Puppet President of Pakistan" as he wasn't even allowed in Pakistan until the American's facilitated the NRO deal between Benazir and Musharraf. Zardari spent most of his time in exile in the USA, where he owns extensive property c. Please have a look at FBI's most wanted (http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten). Most of them have been living for decades in the USA. How about these examples: Ian Jackson MacDonald caught after 32 years. Willie Parker caught after 42 years. Frederick Barrett also caught after 32 yeras. Norberto Gonzalez Claudio got unlucky after only 25 years. Would that indicate american complicity or incompetence? I believe you it to your PhD to be more objective. Agree with almost everything but want to put some things in context.

a. OBL was living in abject poverty. You can see the inside of his compound here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YF1-ekTQOk). The furniture, fittings, his small tv, beddings all indicate a very spartan life.

b. Kindly refer to Zardari as the “American Puppet President of Pakistan” as he wasn’t even allowed in Pakistan until the American’s facilitated the NRO deal between Benazir and Musharraf. Zardari spent most of his time in exile in the USA, where he owns extensive property

c. Please have a look at FBI’s most wanted (http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten). Most of them have been living for decades in the USA. How about these examples: Ian Jackson MacDonald caught after 32 years. Willie Parker caught after 42 years. Frederick Barrett also caught after 32 yeras. Norberto Gonzalez Claudio got unlucky after only 25 years. Would that indicate american complicity or incompetence?

I believe you it to your PhD to be more objective.

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