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Smirks
Tue 8th Apr '03, 2:31pm
I ask because I just got a very peculiar email from someone trying to sell me a vB addon....

Here's what it says:



Date: 8 Apr 2003 17:37:53 -0000
From: Richard Adams <pr@emailedition.com>
To: xxx@xxx.org
Subject: vBulletin Add-On Released

Dear vBulletin Owner,

Email Edition 1.0 is a 3rd-party add-on script for your vBulletin forums.
It allows your users to subscribe to daily email editions of active threads
in forums of their choices. This new software addition is different than
the current "forum subscriptions" already featured in vBulletin.

Email Edition provides a single email on a daily or hourly basis at a user
defined time. This is a fantastic way for your current user base to stay in
touch with what is happening on the message board through email, even if
they don't have time to visit on a daily basis. Forum owners like yourself
have seen additional daily postings and more frequent visits from those
users using Email Edition.

It is easy to install, it only takes about 5 minutes. If this interests
you, we encourage you to take a look to see if it is right for you. Demo
and screen shots available.

http://www.emailedition.com

Thanks,

Email Edition Team

Unsubscribe:
http://www.emailedition.com/unsubscribe.php?email=xxx@xxx.org

So, does Jelsoft sell these records?
TripleH
Tue 8th Apr '03, 2:37pm
No, that is from this guy...
DigitalCrowd...

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=68938
Wayne Luke
Tue 8th Apr '03, 2:38pm
No we don't..
vBR
Tue 8th Apr '03, 2:38pm
Is he still spamming vB customers?
tubedogg
Tue 8th Apr '03, 2:41pm
Too bad his product will be made obselete once vB3 is in widespread release...
vBR
Tue 8th Apr '03, 2:45pm
Too bad his product will be made obselete once vB3 is in widespread release...
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Smirks
Tue 8th Apr '03, 3:04pm
Hmm... so how did he get the data? I guess he must of used some sort of email harvester or something on the this board?
Freddie Bingham
Tue 8th Apr '03, 3:08pm
Email addresses are not available unless:

(a) You post it in a thread
(b) Respond to an email that another forum user sends you
(c) Post it in your signature
Cary
Tue 8th Apr '03, 3:08pm
I got the same email myself... I would assume he got your forum address by going to the link directory and sent you an email because you have a 'Contact Us' link on the bottom of your forums...
Smirks
Tue 8th Apr '03, 3:44pm
Hmm.... yea, that must have been what happened. It's really, really annoying.
Scott MacVicar
Tue 8th Apr '03, 3:56pm
I got one too :/

Its in vB3 so their product will be obsolete as kevin said :)
vBR
Tue 8th Apr '03, 3:59pm
I got one too :/

Its in vB3 so their product will be obsolete as kevin said :)...and as I said, :D.
UHN_ED
Tue 8th Apr '03, 4:24pm
I also got one, I say we send him an e-mail from every member at the boards saying his product is soon useless.
vBR
Tue 8th Apr '03, 4:30pm
I also got one, I say we send him an e-mail from every member at the boards saying his product is soon useless.

That would only give the spammer an even bigger mailing list.
UHN_ED
Tue 8th Apr '03, 4:38pm
That would only give the spammer an even bigger mailing list.

HOTMAIL FOR EVERYONE!
Gardener
Tue 8th Apr '03, 5:14pm
Forward a copy of the email to: abuse@arsalon.net , and abuse-mail@wcom.com . That is his hosting company and thier upstream.

You can also report it here (http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/reporting.html)
Gary King
Tue 8th Apr '03, 6:04pm
HOTMAIL FOR EVERYONE!
LOL, good idea :D