Recent Email Announcement

I'm don't usually send these kinds of posts, but having worked in the computer industry for over 25 years this is something that has always been a thorn in my side.

The problem is that you've assumed that EVERYONE wants to hear from you, whan that is not the case. Mass-emailing is the same as junk mail IMHO, and I for one don't want any mail (paper or otherwise) unless I've specifically requested it.

...and unsubscribe requests put the onus on the recipient to cancel something they didn't even request -- which irks me even more :)

It would have been FAR more respectful of people to simply post an announcement of your web site and INVITE people to subscribe if they were interested.

-Irene (who woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning!)

Having a similar background to Irene's (it looks like) and having worked very closely with the Security team where I work, I also have some input to this.

Unsolicited subscriptions (to anything) conveyed via email and containing an "Unsubscribe" link are a classic ploy of spammers, phishers, and all manner of nefarious folk on the internet. Clicking that link confirms your email address as valid. NEVER, NEVER do that! You are only asking for more spam, etc. from those which are evil. Of course, not all are ill intentioned but there is really no way to weed them out. Err on the side of caution. If you don't know who it is, just delete the message. Click NOTHING but your delete key.

Rita

Howdy! As you say, Rita & Irene, it's phishing. And trying to justify it by sending a note to RCTQ doesn't make it anything other than SPAM, which Linda declares she hates (on her privacy policy page). As she used an email address that I seldom touch, I replied to her queenbee-ness via that route. If I receive any further unsolicited advertising from her (or her company), I'll know the character of that business. Years ago, when we realized we'd landed on someone's solicitation list, we had little recourse to do anything about it; we'd continue to receive the catalogs, coupons, advertisements & other junk mail, and throw it in the recycle bin (or trash) while we fumed & fussed about the mess. Now, tho', we can speak out in a more public forum, and when it's internet junk mail, we can more often contact the source. And sometimes they respond.

I wouldn't have mentioned this spam if she hadn't continued her attempts to advertise, via RCTQ. Linda posted to this newsgroup years ago. Nice to see we haven't been forgotten. ;-P

Meanwhile, I checked out her business site. No, thanks. Not my kind of craft. Not my kind of "quilting". Good luck to her in her business venture, and in finding a more ethical way in which to promote it.

R/Sandy

IMS wrote:

Having a similar background to Irene's (it looks like) and having worked very closely with the Security team where I work, I also have some input to this.

Unsolicited subscriptions (to anything) conveyed via email and containing an "Unsubscribe" link are a classic ploy of spammers, phishers, and all manner of nefarious folk on the internet. Clicking that link confirms your email address as valid. NEVER, NEVER do that! You are only asking for more spam, etc. from those which are evil. Of course, not all are ill intentioned but there is really no way to weed them out. Err on the side of caution. If you don't know who it is, just delete the message. Click NOTHING but your delete key.

Rita

I really don't like that you said someone referred me. I can't remember just how you put that since I deleted your msg. right away. I just wouldn't trust you after that. Looks like you have irked a lot of us quilter folk. I'm not sure if you are just not internet kind of folk or you are and just don't get us.

This specific email was designed with two specific goals in mind. The first was to announce a new quilting idea that has been in development for a very long time.

The second was to make sure that all future correspondence from Queen of Stitching only goes to those who are actually interested in hearing from us.

Those of you who did look at the email know that the bottom right hand side of the email contained a large Unsubscribe statement.

Our Unsubscribe Link is designed to instantly and permanently remove email addresses from our list. I hope that you will choose to use the link if you did receive our email and do not want to wish to receive further communications from us.

Additionally, all Unsubscribe request emails sent to the ?sender? of our email will result in immediate and permanent removal of your address from our lists.

Another question that has been raised relates to the Safety and Security of our site. While there are few things that a website owner can do publicly prove their legitimacy and or integrity, we have done those things. From our site, you will notice two seals that appear in the bottom left hand corner of the page. Each time one of those seals is clicked, a verification routine is run to make sure that we are who we say we are. A message is then returned from the governing bodies. The messages state that our site is in good standing and in fact verified through them.

There are several web sources that routinely scan websites to determine whether they are safe. You may have any site scanned by these services before you choose to enter a site or download any documents from them.

There are many sources for these services I have included two well known companies for your consideration.

MacAfee has a site called: ?siteadviser? Google runs a program called: ?safe browsing?.

Above all, please know that we at Queen of Stitching do share your belief that you have a right to a safe and secure internet.

Linda Miksch Queen of Stitching

ditto Taria. I thought, who is this friend?

Bronnie

Ditto Taria and Bronnie.

Re this thread, a friend sent me a WSJ article:

http://>The introductory Queen of Stitching announcement was sent out over the