Re: Spammed by Urbanful

"'J.H. Crawford' [email protected] [CARFREE_CITIES]" <[email protected]> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:25:13 +0545
Newsgroups gmane.politics.activism.carfree-cities
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I'm not getting any Urbanful spam (although I get plenty from other sources).

Somebody's server may have been hacked.



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>=v= I'm wondering whether anyone else on this list has found
>themselves opted into a new-ish venture called Urbanful, who
>then inundates you with MailChimp-wrapped items on a nearly
>daily basis.
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>=v= They have culled their spamlist from online petitions.
>I've signed some of these now and then, sometimes with the
>understanding that the group (e.g. Smart Growth America)
>would send me future action alerts, but I have never given
>them permission to put me on spinoff spam lists.
>
>=v= California has absurdly lenient spam laws, but Urbanful
>is violating even those. Whatever content they're providing
>doesn't forgive this horrible business practices.
><_Jym_>
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