i received an email today from 'talkbass' that requested that i confirm my email address to stay on the mailing list... here's the full text:
Quote:
Your e-mail address is on our active subscriber mailing list. This subscription enables you to receive valuable e-mail newsletters, announcements, and other information from TalkBass.com.
We are using a new service to send out our mailing list, and the program requires that all of our subscribers reconfirm their subscriptions so that we can maintain a 100% permission-based mailing list. Please verify that you want to continue as an active subscriber (member) to the TalkBass.com mailing list.
Do not reply to this e-mail. Instead, follow the hyperlink to confirm your subscription to our mailing list. If you do not want to continue your subscription, simply ignore this message and we will automatically remove big-al@niagara.com from our mailing list.
You can cancel your subscription or change subscription preferences at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any e-mail message we send to you in the future. Thank you for confirming your subscription.
Again, if you do not want your email address to remain on our subscriber list, no further action is required.
Sincerely,
TalkBass.com
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and, against my best judgement, I clicked on the link. it sent me to http://app.quicksizzle.com/confirm.aspx?<a bunch of ID data>
so... someone at quicksizzle now knows my email is valid, and i'm expecting loads more spam than i'm already getting.
that is, unless talkbass uses a mass email marketing company to send out emails...
