OT: Email Signature Spam

[Glenn Steen]

On 09/02/06, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> Jeff Graves spake the following on 2/9/2006 7:18 AM:
> > One of the sales guys wants to add advertising information to the bottom of
> > every email sent out. I know that this is spam and is no good, but does
> > anyone have a website detailing why this is no good? My google searches keep
> > bringing up why spam is no good and what to include in your signature but I
> > couldn't find any guidelines for this type of spam.
> >
> Beat him with a clue-by-4 and be done with it!
>
> Does he have the clout to make this a company-wide decision?
> If not, he can put it in his own signature, and when your corporate ip gets on
> spam lists, HE can explain to the PHB's why client's can no longer get company
> mail. I know I have a small advert in my signature, but Julian probably
> doesn't mind!
>
Of course we don't mind some small reminder that people actually work
for a living, and at companies at that... What most abhor is splashy
HTML-infested graphically disabled crud.
So if the small plug is pure text/no gfx and rather unobtrusive (more
like the company stationary of bygone days), nobody will mind... But
if it's annoying in any way, someone will likely start a BL just
*because*...:-).
> --
>
> MailScanner is like deodorant...
> You hope everybody uses it, and
> you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
>
Still love this one Scott!
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