Re: Who is JT and why this NG won't be used?

Steve McGarrett <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:43:32 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.email
Organization SpamCop
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ilgaz Ocal wrote:
> On 2006-01-26 17:17:36 +0200, "WazoO" <[email protected]> said:
<snip>
>>
>> Technically, you have been paying JT for his resources ... these
>> newsgroups, the Forum, and the SpamCop E-mail accounts are
>> all run on his hardware.  The use of a SpamCop account also has
>> the side benefit of a 'free' reporting account.
>  
> No, I am paying for a service advertised at www.spamcop.net as a support 
> to service (like donation) but I get something at return.

This little exchange points to another of the business problems at 
SpamCop: A complete lack of understanding of what marketing folks 
call "branding."

SpamCop could be a B-school case study on the negative consequences 
of "polluting the brand."

Aloha,
McGarrett
"LART 'em, Danno!"