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Why is my personal email address being abused to send spam to about this and other offers from Afrihost. By no less than Gian?

Considering more than 5 years ago I told Afrihost to put their unethical behaviour and bad service and systems where the sun don't shine, why is my email address now by abused by Afrihost for marketing?

I thought Afrihost was an ISPA member and that as per the ISPA Code of Conduct, spam is not allowed by it's members?

I really wish Afrihost would understand all that eye candy they publish. :confused:

I feel an ISPA Code of Conduct complaint up and coming ... :mad:
 
Sollie said:
Why is my personal email address being abused to send spam to about this and other offers from Afrihost. By no less than Gian?

Considering more than 5 years ago I told Afrihost to put their unethical behaviour and bad service and systems where the sun don't shine, why is my email address now by abused by Afrihost for marketing?

I thought Afrihost was an ISPA member and that as per the ISPA Code of Conduct, spam is not allowed by it's members?

I really wish Afrihost would understand all that eye candy they publish. :confused:

I feel an ISPA Code of Conduct complaint up and coming ... :mad:
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You're welcome to un-subscribe from the mails and contact our team to put your mail address on a do not mail list.
 
AfriGuy said:
You're welcome to un-subscribe from the mails and contact our team to put your mail address on a do not mail list.
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Afriguy, you are now really peeving me. It is exactly fro companies like Afrihost that POPIA was set up. In fact you'd be in violation of it if it was fully implemented.

In my last communication to Afrihost in 2011, I explicitly said:
I'm hereby also closing this account in totality. I will not be using your services in future.
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So Afriguy, could you please explain here is this forum what spam is?

This may assist: http://www.m3aawg.org/

If you don't believe it: http://ispa.org.za/spam/ and http://ispa.org.za/spam/identifying-south-african-spam/ may assist. As I was saying, all the eye candy when it comes to Afrihost ... :erm:

http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/
ISPA members must not send or promote the sending of unsolicited electronic communications and must take reasonable measures to ensure that their networks are not used by others for this purpose.
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Okay, heading off to http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/complaints-form/ now. I will be sure to include your response here as reference. Perhaps ISPA can explain this to Afrihost in a way they would understand.

Opt-out is like everybody having at least one free punch at you. That is why ISPA prohibits it in line with best practice.
 
Sollie said:
Afriguy, you are now really peeving me. It is exactly fro companies like Afrihost that POPIA was set up. In fact you'd be in violation of it if it was fully implemented.

In my last communication to Afrihost in 2011, I explicitly said:


So Afriguy, could you please explain here is this forum what spam is?

This may assist: http://www.m3aawg.org/

If you don't believe it: http://ispa.org.za/spam/ and http://ispa.org.za/spam/identifying-south-african-spam/ may assist. As I was saying, all the eye candy when it comes to Afrihost ... :erm:

http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/


Okay, heading off to http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/complaints-form/ now. I will be sure to include your response here as reference. Perhaps ISPA can explain this to Afrihost in a way they would understand.

Opt-out is like everybody having at least one free punch at you. That is why ISPA prohibits it in line with best practice.
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Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
You're welcome to PM me your email address and I'll remove you from our database.
 
Sollie said:
Afriguy, you are now really peeving me. It is exactly fro companies like Afrihost that POPIA was set up. In fact you'd be in violation of it if it was fully implemented.

In my last communication to Afrihost in 2011, I explicitly said:


So Afriguy, could you please explain here is this forum what spam is?

This may assist: http://www.m3aawg.org/

If you don't believe it: http://ispa.org.za/spam/ and http://ispa.org.za/spam/identifying-south-african-spam/ may assist. As I was saying, all the eye candy when it comes to Afrihost ... :erm:

http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/


Okay, heading off to http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/complaints-form/ now. I will be sure to include your response here as reference. Perhaps ISPA can explain this to Afrihost in a way they would understand.

Opt-out is like everybody having at least one free punch at you. That is why ISPA prohibits it in line with best practice.
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Gezus Sollie, how hard is it to click on the link at the bottom of the email you got?

Unsubscribe Afrihost.jpg
 
Sl8er said:
Gezus Sollie, how hard is it to click on the link at the bottom of the email you got?

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If I have to do this with all the providers I now longer use, I may soon get finger sprain. There seems to be a lack in understanding "No". However, consider what else lurks, if you have to explain something so simple to a major ISP?
 
Sollie said:
If I have to do this with all the providers I now longer use, I may soon get finger sprain. There seems to be a lack in understanding "No". However, consider what else lurks, if you have to explain something so simple to a major ISP?
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Well, pm the Afri rep your email -while you're here and busy now - and he'll take you off "the list," I reckon. (It'll probably be less hassle for you in any case.)

[That was funny, though...if I drank coffee...it would probably have been all over my screen! :crylaugh:
Reminds me of, "Here! Grab my strong hand!" :D ]
 
Sl8er said:
Well, pm the Afri rep your email -while you're here and busy now - and he'll take you off "the list," I reckon. (It'll probably be less hassle for you in any case.)

[That was funny, though...if I drank coffee...it would probably have been all over my screen! :crylaugh:
Reminds me of, "Here! Grab my strong hand!" :D ]
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A bit like sweeping the problem under the carpet, then there all good. Not!

This is not about me alone. Why is an ISPA abusing personal information for marketing? More than five years after you told then to get lost forever. It would probably be a waste of time describing highly dubious support I got at the time, unethical business practices etc.

Yet this is an ISPA member ... ? And now spamming? Something they themselves have to police against? "Wolf skaapwagter maak"?

There is an aspect you simply do not get.
 
Sollie said:
A bit like sweeping the problem under the carpet, then there all good. Not!

This is not about me alone. Why is an ISPA abusing personal information for marketing? More than five years after you told then to get lost forever. It would probably be a waste of time describing highly dubious support I got at the time, unethical business practices etc.

Yet this is an ISPA member ... ? And now spamming? Something they themselves have to police against? "Wolf skaapwagter maak"?

There is an aspect you simply do not get.
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Happy to sort this out for you, but I'll need you to PM me your details.
 
AfriGuy said:
Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
You're welcome to PM me your email address and I'll remove you from our database.
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You can ask Gian to respond to the email sent to him, cc'ed to ISPA. Fair after all, since his account was used and he's the director.

Thank you.
 
Sollie said:
You can ask Gian to respond to the email sent to him, cc'ed to ISPA. Fair after all, since his account was used and he's the director.

Thank you.
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He gets quite a bit of mail, can you rather PM me your email address so I can action this now?
I got a sense of urgency from your posts.
 
Sollie said:
Why is my personal email address being abused to send spam to about this and other offers from Afrihost. By no less than Gian?

Considering more than 5 years ago I told Afrihost to put their unethical behaviour and bad service and systems where the sun don't shine, why is my email address now by abused by Afrihost for marketing?

I thought Afrihost was an ISPA member and that as per the ISPA Code of Conduct, spam is not allowed by it's members?

I really wish Afrihost would understand all that eye candy they publish. :confused:

I feel an ISPA Code of Conduct complaint up and coming ... :mad:
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Sollie, you are such a douchebag. It's the easiest thing to just unsubscribe from the emails. But you want to throw your idle threats around. And guess what? You scare no one especially not Afrihost. Gratz, you just made it to my banned list.
 
The 18hours of free data is great now I can use my backup Afrihost 10gig account at work as it is basically an uncapped account during working hours and is only R29 a month!
Thanks Gian and Afrihost :)
 
Sollie said:
Why is my personal email address being abused to send spam to about this and other offers from Afrihost. By no less than Gian?
Considering more than 5 years ago I told Afrihost to put their unethical behaviour and bad service and systems where the sun don't shine, why is my email address now by abused by Afrihost for marketing?
I thought Afrihost was an ISPA member and that as per the ISPA Code of Conduct, spam is not allowed by it's members?
I really wish Afrihost would understand all that eye candy they publish. :confused:
I feel an ISPA Code of Conduct complaint up and coming ... :mad:
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female? red tide time?
 
air said:
female? red tide time?
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Well, he has some valid points. ZA companies (not only ISP's) are WAY too blasé with customer information. There are multiple companies whom I have tried (unsuccessfully) to opt-out of. I am still getting spammed by FNB and the DA - I have probably spent more than R20 on answering STOP on each of their sms's.

Though, I do not see a public forum as the place to air/sort out your grievances, I do get his frustration. Why is it my responsibility to ask you to stop spamming me, when I did not give you permission in the first place?

Anyway Sollie - take a chill pill boet. I'm sure the AH support will blacklist the crap out of your email address after the stink you kicked up here ;P
 
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