Still a little confused
Hi raybay and xxdanielxx,
I'm still a litte confused if a business is allowed to do this or not.
What I found on internet,
"From the sender's point-of-view, spam is a form of bulk mail, often sent to a list obtained by companies that specialize in creating email distribution lists. To the receiver, it usually seems like junk email. Spam is equivalent to unsolicited telemarketing calls except that the user pays for part of the message since everyone shares the cost of maintaining the Internet. Spammers typically send a piece of email to a distribution list in the millions, expecting that only a tiny number of readers will respond to their offer."
xxdanielxx said, "spamming is if they did not request information it is called spam"
raybay said, "Ah, not so. It is advertising unless you prove Spam. Case law is very specific in all states. If the product or service is legitimate, then the courts have alwasy determined it is advertising or business communications. It is up to the complainant to verify that it contains spam, or is intrusive, or is dishonestly representing itself, or is otherwise fraudulent.
Freedom of the press extends unless there is deception.
But deception takes away most defenses, if there are enough incidents to show a pattern of intent to abuse or defraud."
It appears that if a business sends the same message to a bunch of random emails that they dug up somewhere, then it's spam.
So if that business sends a "different" email to each email address, then is that "not spam", since each message is "not" the "same"?
Also, take a look at this
http://www.twowriters.net/spam.htm
Thanks for your help you two. I really appreciate it. I just want to be certain before I email these people.