E-mail spam is bad. Poorly done e-mail spam is even worse. Check this:
from Kimberly Watson @ dfwinsurancefinder.com
to Undisclosed-Recipient <>
date Mar 27, 2007 2:57 PM
subject job
mailed-by bounce.secureserver.netI saw your job that you had posted and thought
that you may want to try another site too
www.thejobplanet.comJust thought it might help you.
Start with the obvious that I don’t know who this is or that I don’t know exactly how I got to be a target. Now dig deeper:
- They’re promoting a (really bunk) “job site” called Job Planet, but the e-mail comes from some insurance domain.
- It’s not even made out to me specifically in the To field, obviously marking it as bulk mail.
- The message contains no contact information from the sender and no way to opt-out. Violations of CAN-SPAM.
It’s a shame we’re still dealing with such waste. For e-mail marketers who do business the right way, spam is a cancer. I can’t begin to fathom how much garbage employers (and job seekers) have to go through on a regular basis.
There is something you can do, however. If you get such messages, report them to the FTC by sending the e-mail to spam@uce.gov. That’s where the above message is going, in addition to being reported to my e-mail service provider.
Rant over.
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March 27th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Or how about hit delete?
March 27th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
it sounds like you went through a lot. I could use a fellow crusader to help me. I got email about my mortgage.
March 27th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
It just so happened that we were in the process of reviewing a feed from The Job Planet for inclusion in our results when we read this. We already had doubts, so it was certainly timely. Email addresses have been suppressed to protect the innocent – nobody likes spam, after all…
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Re: RSS job feed
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:45:55 -0400
From: …juju.com
Joel Cheesman is well known and well respected, although it’s worth
noting that we have no relationship with him. Your evasive response to
our good faith effort to let you explain or rebut his post only lends
weight to his assertions.
Juju Support
> > ——– Original Message ——–
> > Subject: RE: RSS job feed
> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:45:42 -0600
> > From: The Job Planet
> > To:
> >
> >
> > The Job Planet wrote:
> > Apparently he deleted my reply and banned my IP address from his site.
> > If this is the type of pirate you are trying to please, then we do not
> > Wish to have a relationship with your company.
> >
> >
> >
> > —–Original Message—–
> > From: …juju.com [mailto:...juju.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:01 PM
> > To: The Job Planet
> > Subject: Re: RSS job feed
> >
> > The comment is not live on their site. Let us know when it is and we’ll
> > review it. In the meantime, please provide your name and corporate
> > contact information, including a phone number should we need to reach
> > you regarding the feed in the future.
> >
> > Juju Support
> >
> > ——– Original Message ——–
> > Subject: RE: RSS job feed
> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:44:31 -0600
> > From: The Job Planet
> > To:
> >
> > The Job Planet wrote:
> >
>> >> We have commented on this site and thought your email
>> >> was to let us know of something that someone said.
>> >> We don’t police our customers and what they may say.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> —–Original Message—–
>> >> From: …juju.com [mailto:...juju.com]
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:58 PM
>> >> To: The Job Planet
>> >> Subject: Re: RSS job feed
>> >>
>> >> We wrote to offer you the opportunity to comment. Your feed wasn’t live
>> >> yet, but we’re not inclined to change that if we believe you are likely
>> >> to abuse the personal information of users we send your way.
>> >>
>> >> Juju Support
>> >>
>> >> ——– Original Message ——–
>> >> Subject: RE: RSS job feed
>> >> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:44:31 -0600
>> >> From: The Job Planet
>> >> To:
>> >>
>> >> The Job Planet wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>>> >>> We are blacklisted because of a comment??!!
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> —–Original Message—–
>>> >>> From: …juju.com [mailto:...juju.com]
>>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:17 PM
>>> >>> To: The Job Planet
>>> >>> Subject: Re: RSS job feed
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Blacklisted at the moment.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ——– Original Message ——–
>>> >>> Subject: RE: RSS job feed
>>> >>> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:12:07 -0600
>>> >>> From: The Job Planet
>>> >>> To:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The Job Planet wrote:
>>> >>>
>>>> >>>> ???
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> What is the status on our feed?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> —–Original Message—–
>>>> >>>> From: …juju.com [mailto:...juju.com]
>>>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:01 PM
>>>> >>>> To: The Job Planet
>>>> >>>> Subject: Re: RSS job feed
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/03/27/email-spam-jobplanet/
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Comments?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Juju Support
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> ——– Original Message ——–
>>>> >>>> Subject: RE: RSS job feed
>>>> >>>> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:49:17 -0600
>>>> >>>> From: The Job Planet
>>>> >>>> To:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> The Job Planet wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Ok, it took some doing, but here is the Feed from us.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> http://www.thejobplanet .com/jb-get-xml.php?feed_id=12
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> I look forward to seeing it on your site.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> >>>>> Support
>>>>> >>>>> http://www.thejobplanet .com
March 27th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
They may get reported for spam, but they just got a lot of hits to their site. While passing them on to the authorities may be helpful, the best solution is to get a good spam filtering package that will block this type of message. When the blocking software fails you can set up rules in your email reader program. Rules that focus on the sender are essentially useless. Rules that move messages with key words, phrases and strings of text in the subject and message body to spam folders work really well.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:51 am
so cheez… did you delete and block?