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04-07-2013, 04:31 AM #26Web Hosting Master
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Well I hope Sean is okay and gets himself sorted out. Its a shame to see SpeedySparrow get sold off but I'm sure the clients will be well looked after and if not they will simply find another host.
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04-07-2013, 06:59 AM #27ShillBuster
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04-07-2013, 09:25 AM #28Aspiring Evangelist
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Yes keep in mind that these aren't unsolicited mails, you registered an account w them, then they sent you these mails.
But if you did not, then there should be a big issue about this. However i dont see anything wrong with the mails.
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04-07-2013, 11:51 AM #29Web Hosting Master
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04-07-2013, 12:04 PM #30Web Hosting Master
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You have choices.
1. Contact them asking to remove you from email list.
2. Block the sending domain in your email client or at the ISP level.
3. Whine about it on WHT.0
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04-07-2013, 12:29 PM #32Web Hosting Master
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COOKIES? Why didn't you tell me that earlier? I'm signing up for corporate membership right now. I love me some cookies.
Nah. I'm not signing up for corporate membership just yet. I might down the road though.
And if I do, there better still be some cookies available for me. lol
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04-07-2013, 12:54 PM #33Temporarily Suspended
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04-07-2013, 01:07 PM #34Web Hosting Master
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It really depends on their TOS when you signup. If you register without any mention of a mailing list (or a way to opt out) it's most certaintly UCE. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.
Why on earth would you e-mail former customers these things anyway?
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04-07-2013, 01:17 PM #35Web Host Reviewer
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04-07-2013, 01:19 PM #36
That definitely explains why I haven't seen anyone from Speedy Sparrow around here for quite a while.
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04-07-2013, 01:25 PM #37Web Hosting Master
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04-07-2013, 01:41 PM #38Web Hosting Master
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I worked at SS for over a year... I wasn't notified about this and you were? I don't work there anymore, but some sort of notice would've been cool.
I found out because my father once hosted his website there and he got this email from them.My personal blog -- rubiverse.net0
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04-07-2013, 02:05 PM #39Web Hosting Master
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Here is another side of story. Some customers leave due to the fact that service is great but suppoty is crappy, so when buyout happens (like if you buy some crappy host from here), ex clients might comeback since stablehost is running the show now and still maintains the dirt cheap cost + good quality.
Personally, I won't do that but remember seeing signs on local restourants saying "under new management"? It works the same way0
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04-07-2013, 02:08 PM #40Web Hosting Master
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04-07-2013, 02:36 PM #41Aspiring Evangelist
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Fact remains ; still not an unsolicited mail since youre the one who signed up an account w the helpdesk panel. And by signing up you know that email notifications is a part of it.
Edit: its just like signing up in a forum, inactive or not they still send you forum updates to keep you updated. In this case -- a helpdesk. Idk, just my pov. Oh, and sad pandas are cute, i see no prob ;]Last edited by brysonems; 04-07-2013 at 02:50 PM.
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04-07-2013, 02:40 PM #42Web Hosting Master
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What are you blabbing about? It is not unsolicited email. You at one point, was their customer and gave them the right to send you email. If you don't want to receive any more email from them, contact said provider and get your account closed or deleted (depending on company policy).
While we for one don't send any email to inactive accounts, some providers tend to export email addresses and use 3rd party services so there is a strong possibility that inactive accounts stays with provider. Ask them to remove and if they don't then it is spamming, otherwise, it is an honest mistake.
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04-07-2013, 02:41 PM #43Web Host Reviewer
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04-07-2013, 02:43 PM #44Web Hosting Master
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04-07-2013, 02:54 PM #45Web Host Reviewer
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That's sort of my point with the whole thread. If you're a small provider, stop doing this. Large ones don't. As much as I have against large companies like EIG/Godaddy/1&1/etc, this is one area where they do things right. And so should others.
It's the amateur "host" operations that are doing this, and they need to stop.
Sure, I can request it one by one, even if I shouldn't have to, but it ridiculous when so many are doing it. Consider this a mass notification to the whole community: STOP!
Be prepared to be named-and-shamed if you don't.
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04-07-2013, 02:57 PM #46Web Hosting Master
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Part of being a small or new provider, you learn and move forward. The sad part is most provider don't look at things from users prospective and this is the reason a lot of them fails (Business 101). Being Pro-active is great, being reactive is good but being inactive is terrible .
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04-07-2013, 03:02 PM #47Aspiring Evangelist
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Why does my bank still send me email letters if i already had my account closed 3 yrs before? -- Unsolicited?
..Lets not run examples here.
And why wouldn't you care about the latest acquisition of that co. (Reported mail content)? You used to be a client after all, at least it can, in some way tingle your interest, maybe just a bit?
I dont find these mails to be marked as spam, just imho and pov.Last edited by brysonems; 04-07-2013 at 03:08 PM.
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04-07-2013, 03:10 PM #48LiteSpeed Server Expert
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@Kpmedia : One solution for this issue is to implement "unsubscribe link" in every marketing and other mails send from hosting companies . As per my knowledge and whmcs blogs , whmcs soon going to implement same feature (unsubscribe link in every new mail from hosting companies using whmcs as billing system) in new versions so it may solve issue for both client side and company side .
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04-07-2013, 03:12 PM #49Web Host Reviewer
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Yes, unsolicited.
And why wouldn't you care about the latest acquisition of that co.? You used to be a client after all, at least it can, in some way, tingle your interest, maybe just a bit?
What's truly irritating is when you don't remember what password it was, what email account, etc, because its been years since you used the account. It's an inactive account.
Imagine all the bounces you'll get from sending to now-dead boxes, by sending to expired customers. That gets you blacklisted, too, at the large freemail providers like Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc.
Again, this is ridiculous for hosts to send spam. The negatives for you are many.
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04-07-2013, 03:13 PM #50Web Hosting Master
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This is not spam. you are either overreacting or trying to cause problems for the companies involved.
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