Duffbert's Random Musings

1 - Heh - so that's what that was. I deleted it as spam.

Even if I didn't, that subject is spam filter bait.

They should include the company name or something, I assume many others did the same thing....

2 - Trust me, I know how this goes. I decided I didn't want to re-up for Network World, and I keep getting it, TWO YEARS after it was supposed to expire. Every issue has a FINAL ISSUE on it... If they can continue sending it that long, they don't need me to fill out a survey every six months

-Grey

3 - Dr. Dobbs Journal still publishes? I have not seen an issue in years. Nostalgia is setting in.

4 - Pretty much... I'm not really sure how I got on their list to begin with, as I definitely never paid out any money for a subscription. Most of the material didn't pertain directly to what I do, and I've got far too much other reading material to go through a magazine that doesn't do anything for me.

5 - Once those little spam engines are tuned all they have to do is forget they're turned on until you respond.

Not quite as bad as having your virus protection vendor spamming you (and all the not-so-nice hackers of the world) that your virus protection has expired.

6 - I got mine yesterday, maybe the fifth or sixth. What makes it really funny is an opt-out link at the bottom. It's really sad when you send so many renewal offers that you need to include an opt-out link.

The only column that was relevant to me, Chaos Manor, suddenly disappeared, so I stopped renewing.

The other columns were interesting, but had no relevance to my work as a Notes developer. Is that why you stopped renewing?

7 - Dr. Dobbs used to have a free subscription which required your email address, and periodically they sent promotions. By signing up, I agreed to those terms -- fine.

They still rent their email list even though the magazine is now DEFUNCT. Adding insult to injury, they do not respect unsubscribe requests (I have documented the last several attempts spanning several months).

This meets the definition of unsolicited bulk email, so just report them to spamcop and uribl.com.

8 - Oh, the irony... if you Google on Dr. Dobbs and spam, their website has articles on the problems of sites which do not respect unsubscribe.

If you try to email one of the Dr. Dobbs Online editors, you get an Undeliverable. Apparently the way they relay email internally is incompatible with their DNS SPF record, so ALL email to them gets lost. Lovely.