RE: [cobalt-users] Spam From Cobalt

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> 1)  This was not send through the listserver, but to the address
> I used when
> I registered with Cobalt as an ISP

I'm not registered with Cobalt as I don't own a server.

>
> 2)  California Business & Professions Code 17538 defines spam.  It is NOT
> spam where there is an existing personal or business relationship between
> the sender and the recipient, AND there has been no specific
> instruction NOT
> to send mail.

I don't have a personal or business relationship with Cobalt as I don't own
any of their products and have never bought anything from Cobalt.

>
> 3)  It would seem reasonable to construe membership of Cobalt's
> User List to
> be a 'personal or business relationship' so unless you have specifically
> instructed Cobalt NOT to send you mail I don't see what the gripe is?

I never gave them permission to send me this mail and the address they sent
it to is not on the users list.

>
> 4)  I certainly don't consider myself in the 'elite' group that is beyond
> considering training or certification, and therefore welcomed the news of
> the excellent & pro-active approach at supporting us as users of this
> product.
>

If it even had something to do with the Cobalt product I rent, I might not
have a problem. I don't use the product and never gave my consent. Remember,
it's not about conTENT it's about conSENT.
--
Dan Kriwitsky