Michael,
Thanks for your warning
about Topica. I do not lay any blame at you feet for this abuse by
Topica. Here is the text of my message to Topica.
Sincerely,
Steve Bell
I wish to strongly protest Tropica's plan to
use my e-mail address to send me unrequested announcements and commercial
marketing. This is Spamming, pure and simple. You should know better.
Although I can not stop you from "stealing" my
address for unauthorized uses, I can see to it that any commercial spam that I
receive via your help will get the following message:
THIS MESSAGE IS AN UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MY E-MAIL
ADDRESS. IT WAS USED, WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION OR APPROVAL BY
TOPICA.COM BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ACCEPT THIS ADDRESS FROM
TOPICA, I WILL NOT ONLY NEVER USE YOUR SERVICES, I WILL
ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE I HAVE E-COMMERCE WITH TO ACTIVELY BOYCOTT
YOUR SERVICES. PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT WEB-SITES, LIKE TOPICA, THAT
PARTICIPATE IN SPAMMING.
E-MAIL SPAM IS AN EVER EXPANDING PROBLEM ON THE
NET. MOST EVERYBODY IS TIRED OF IT. I BELIEVE MOST NET USERS WILL ACTIVELY
SUPPORT ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TO DISCOURAGE THE SUCCESS OF ANY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
THAT KNOWINGLY USES SPAMMING TECHNIQUES.
PLEASE REMOVE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS FROM YOUR DATA
BASE. DO NOT SELL, GIVE AWAY OR IN ANY OTHER WAY SHARE MY ADDRESS WITH ANY OTHER
PARTIES.