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From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <>
Subject: Re: [Ethics] Ethical values
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:04:49 -0700
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That's odd. I administer over 20 lists, and am a member subscriber to
many more. Aside from the Ancestry Daily News that I subscribed to, I
get no spam from Ancestry at all. When I did get a few unwanted
emails from them, unsubbing worked very well.

I'm not denying that they have spammed in the past -- my SON has
gotten spam from them, and he has no interest in genealogy
whatsoever. But that was only once or twice -- nothing like the
v1agr@, etc. that all of us get daily.

Valorie


On 25 Aug 2003 at 21:17, AEP wrote:

> on 8/25/03 7:16 PM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > However, when I go out to a restaurant, I wouldn't dream of walking
> > out without paying for services rendered! I want Ancestry to stay in
> > business, and keep adding to their databases. I save money, time,
> > and fuel that way -- plus info is available 24/7. I'm very willing
> > to pay.
>
> I am quite willing to let Ancestry.com stay in business by charging
> for services rendered. What I detest is their unending deluge of
> unwanted ads clogging up MY email box! As I belong to nearly twenty
> group lists like this one, I am getting about 200 emails @ day. I
> don't need their junk getting in the way. Indeed, I had trouble
> shutting off the stream emanating from Ancestry.com and finally blew
> them into the NYS Attorney General's Office. It took a few days for it
> to stop, but I haven't seen one since!


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