[TriLUG] OT: Google advertising for spammers?

[Joel James Adamson]

Michael Kimsal <mgkimsal at gmail.com> writes:

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>> Can you explain this a little more?  How is it that they have 99.9%
>> deliverability --- and why they would even advertise that --- if they
>> are not sending unsolicited email?  What else does that mean?
>>
>> Joel
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> Domino's advertises deliverability of their pizzas (30 minutes or
> free, or at least they used to).  That has *0* implication for
> delivering pizzas people didn't order.

I might be happy about getting unsolicited pizza.  That's a big
difference ;)

> Why does an email delivery company promoting their deliverability stats have
> anything to do with spamming?

It sounds an awful lot like other companies I've seen (or had the
misfortune of working for) advertising their effectiveness.  You're
right: maybe it's incidental.  I just have a different background: I
don't get excited about people saying "We're going to make tons of
money!!!"

Joel

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Joel J. Adamson
Servedio Lab
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FSF Member #8164
http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj
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