Spammed by Screwfix?

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

That's called a signature. Your software is supposed to snip anything after the delimiter "dash dash space". Check the RFCs for info about sig files.

[derek]

No, it's part of a valid sig.

That much is acceptable and it may be useful to the group.

DG

[Tony Bryer]

Fair enough. But who is the loser?

[David Hearn]

Yes, I was going to point this out too - however whilst this group doesn't have a charter, the FAQ states that 4 lines of 75 characters are allowed as signature adverts for posters.

Must admit though - its theft of my bandwidth by all of about 100 characters ;) Its certainly unsolicited and commercial though... bulk... well, its indiscriminate...

I'd like to opt out of it please. ;)

D

[David Hearn]

complain about short adverts in newsgroups claim about the posts)... ;) Whilst a reader may strip it - it still displays it - else what's the point of it being there if we can't see it?

D

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

Only them, although I don't suppose they will even notice. :-)

There are reputable suppliers out there like Unifix who I always used to use. They will match Screwfix for price but give a better service.

[TonyK]

How on earth do you cope if you get an unsolicited phone call!!

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

It only wastes bandwidth when it isn't trimmed from replies. It is a known bug that Mickeysoft products don't do this automatically.

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

I defend myself with ACR, CTR and putting the phone down on anyone who asks for "the owner of the business". :-)

[Grunff]

I wasn't going to get involved in the sig debate - I don't have a problem with your sig - but it does actually waste bandwidth every time a message is downloaded.

[Toby]

It would appear from your actions that you have more than enough time on your hands. As you & they used a unique address, block it and move on.

[Mike P]

But isn't the information Screwfix sends out to their existing customers concidered useful?, I think so!.

After starting the debate do you honestly think that AJL is going to throw his Screwfix catalogue in the bin and rip the arms of his teddy bear, nah!

I wonder how the prices for TV/Sky accessories on his site compare to Screwfix, does he sell 10 x Female connectors for £1.20, if it didn't take so long to open the pages on his site (yawn) I might be able to tell you.

Spam rhymes with Scam, he might be touting for sales by trying to put us off Screwfix.

Mike P

[Owain]

"Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" wrote | For those DIYers who buy from Screwfix: | You might like to be aware of their spam policy, which I have | found out to my cost. I am intending to issue legal action | for recovery of my invoice amount.

[from Screwfix letter:]

| In any event the new legislation relates only to personal (not | business) email addresses,

Mmm yes that's right isn't it.

Don't suppose Mr MacNamara put his email address on his letter did he?

Owain

[Jerry.]

And if you post similar rants to this group I'll be sending you my own invoice for bandwidth theft, time and storage.

Deal with your own Spam, don't complain about something you yourself is doing via this group !

[BillR]

[SNIP of extremely tedious rant about 2 or 3 unwanted emails]

Get a life you time waster!

[Mike P]

use. They will match Screwfix for price but give a better service.

Ang about a mo, did you say "always used to use", "match the price", "better service" Well why do you use Screwfix in the first place ??

And I assume by the fuss that Unifix won't send you any special offers or latest additions to their catalogue by email because you don't like these kind of spam's?.

You would just have to wait until they send you an updated hardcopy catalogue through the post, say every 3 months?

Why don't you just 'bite the bullet' on this issue because you will just dig your pit deeper & deeper!.

Mike P.

[David Hearn]

Not to mention the fact that clicking on his 'Sky' button on this site seems to put me into an infinite error loop. I keep seeing "Web site found. Waiting for reply" and something like

flashing up repeatedly in the Status Bar - so fast I can't really make out the 3rd message that's coming up. After 2 minutes of waiting (on broadband) I think it just means it's broken.

D

[chris French]

In message , Mike P writes

Not at all, I nearly always tick the relevant boxes for not receiving emails about promotions etc. I never really find them of benefit.

[chris French]

In message , "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" writes

Fair enough, though I presume at some point the 'send me emails about promotions' option was selected?

so all this fuss is because they took a few weeks to process this. Ok, you could reasonably argue that in this day and age that is longer than necessary - but is all this ranting really necessary over few emails?

I've never been sent such emails from Screwfix, given the number of us here that use them I would have expected more messages of support for you if this was a such a great problem.

[Mike P]

Well you've missed some bargains then, why subscribe or order from them if you miss the opportunity to save money!

Mike P.