Hmm..

Well, I got some email from my dave@cuzyoosuk.com email address..
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Hello,

My name is robert ryall and i used to run a banner design firm www.banners2go.com. I have recently taken over running a freelance design and programming community www.talkfreelance.com. I would like to invite you to the forum as i feel your services would be of benefit within the community.

Talkfreelance has only been under my wing for the last several weeks, since then we have seen an increase of 300 members, a brand new skin and several new elements for the community. The website currently drives 700 uniques per day and is a great place to advertise your services and get clients.

I hope you will accept my invitation and i look forward to hearing from you.

Many Regards
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After much questioning myself about whether or not this was spam/crap, I decided to check this place out anyway. And it looks great, so I signed up.

So.. Hi.

lol, its a nice place to be you wont regret joining thats for sure

Welcome to TF

Hey! Welcome to TF!

Hello Dave, believe me it's not spam

Thanks for deciding to join talkfreelance! I hope you enjoy your stay.

Originally Posted by Robson Hello Dave, believe me it's not spam Thanks for deciding to join talkfreelance! I hope you enjoy your stay.

I heard some other people received this email aswell, which company's services did you acquire? Just out of curiousity :]

I heard some other people received this email aswell, which company's services did you acquire? Just out of curiousity :]

Since when do you need to pay to e-mail people? lol

Originally Posted by Robson Since when do you need to pay to e-mail people? lol

You don't, but if it's an unwanted (or untargetted) email soley to serve the purpose of advertising it would be considered spam. Which I believe is illegal, although probably only in big amounts.

You don't, but if it's an unwanted (or untargetted) email soley to serve the purpose of advertising it would be considered spam. Which I believe is illegal, although probably only in big amounts.

Yes, i'm quite aware of what "spam" is aros, but just to clear this up for your own benefit as well as others of this community.

"Unsolicited means that the Recipient has not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent. Bulk means that the message is sent as part of a larger collection of messages, all having substantively identical content."

A message is Spam only if it is both Unsolicited and Bulk.

So for example, youngcoders who i mentioned in the lounge sent out a bulk e-mail to 100 or so people advertising their website. That is both unsolicited and bulk in nature. Making their matters worse, it was mined e-mail addresses.

If you wish to discuss spam in further...create a new thread, lets not hijack Daves introduction!

Originally Posted by Robson Hello Dave, believe me it's not spam Thanks for deciding to join talkfreelance! I hope you enjoy your stay.

So do you actually know me from somewhere, or was it just a case of seeing my email address and emailing?

So do you actually know me from somewhere, or was it just a case of seeing my email address and emailing?

Hey dave, i came across your website http://www.cuzyoosuk.com and thought you might be interested in this forum.

EDIT - My 1,000th post!