Afrihost spam and broken unsubscribe link

savage said:
Isn't that the whole POINT of unsubscribing? NOT to get the mail?

See, that's why I rather block the mails on my side, instead of relying on your logic :crylaugh:
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I think it's important to note that people have always been able to unsubscribe from our promotional mails. :) This issue was caused by a bug that was immediately reported to our branding team. :)
 
I also had this issue. I unsubscribed may moons ago. It seems this mail went out to the full contact list regardless of subscription status.

I just blocked *@afrihost.com
 
Kwerty said:
I also had this issue. I unsubscribed may moons ago. It seems this mail went out to the full contact list regardless of subscription status.

I just blocked *@afrihost.com
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Yeah it was definitely a glitch on our side. I'm sorry to hear that you wildcard blocked all mails from us (which would include support), but that's definitely one way of ensuring you never hear from us. :)
 
I also received two SMS'es (I think) from AH, but deleted it. Spam just doesn't tick me off as usual, I just block or delete it.

Now I'll have to check my AH cpanel to see if I'm subscribed to spam or not....

edit : a lot of boxes was ticked, which I unticked for now.
 
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Kwerty said:
I also had this issue. I unsubscribed may moons ago. It seems this mail went out to the full contact list regardless of subscription status.

I just blocked *@afrihost.com
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Don't forget to report as spam first! Enough of those and that's what Gmail starts flagging it as. ;)

In case you missed my first post, which the AfriMods conveniently deleted.
 
AfriFella said:
Yeah it was definitely a glitch on our side. I'm sorry to hear that you wildcard blocked all mails from us (which would include support), but that's definitely one way of ensuring you never hear from us. :)
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A glitch would indicate a mistake or logic fault.

I have several email from support going back months stating that my email address was removed from all systems/mailing lists etc and still keep getting spammed.

That means you are either dishonest or do not care about spamming.

Which is it?
 
OCP said:
A glitch would indicate a mistake or logic fault.

I have several email from support going back months stating that my email address was removed from all systems/mailing lists etc and still keep getting spammed.

That means you are either dishonest or do not care about spamming.

Which is it?
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If you are receiving promotional mails, that you have opted out of, we definitely need to look into this and find out why this happened.
 
AfriGenie said:
If you are receiving promotional mails, that you have opted out of, we definitely need to look into this and find out why this happened.
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You are dodging the question

Which is it?
 
AfriMan said:
The unsubscribe link should definitely work. Drop me a PM and I'll confirm that you won't be emailed again :(
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Doesn't work as pointed out by magicdude and numerous members on this forum so why are you outright lying?

Gian, I took a screenshot just incase this gets deleted too.
 
Also got emails from Mr. Gian the great. "Save up to R4,000" and "Re: Save up to R4,000." .

First thought it was spam as the format looked like one of those emails from India (who the hell doesn't use any formatting or pictures in their marketing emails?). Also checked my Client Zone, can confirm that none of the promotions boxes are checked. Then there is also this
"If you know anyone who'd also like to save up to R4k on Fibre please feel free to share this with them".
Why would anyone want to share an email without formatting or pictures.
Not even an Afrihost LOGO?

The email does end with 100 lines of white space. Probably the first email I have ever received with so much white space.

How many friends do you know that is in an area that can get fibre?

Okay it really isn't that bad in an age where we get flooded with spam. At least my name was spelled correctly. Next time please use some typography and a picture or something, at least it will then feel less like spam and more like...uhm.. nice looking spam.
 
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I thought it was spam initially or a phishing attempt as they tell you to click on a very dogdy link to get "r4000. And I've never signed up with Afrihost before
 
Suspect99 said:
I thought it was spam initially or a phishing attempt as they tell you to click on a very dogdy link to get "r4000. And I've never signed up with Afrihost before
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Yeah, this made it look even more suspicious:

Here are our normal Fibre packages:
https://www.afrihost.com/fibre
(BUT please DON'T order from this page else you'll have to pay the full setup and activation fees - Up to R4,000 extra)
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Does Afrihost do their own bulk mailing or do they make use of a company like Everlytic, Mad Mimi etc. who handles the unsubscribing etc?
 
Considering MyBB is now allowing AH to censor their threads in their subforum, I think it's of significant importance that MyBB and AH disclose their relationship. AH is clearly not just another ISP making use of MyBB and it's important that users know the extent of this business relationship.
 
Zoopy said:
Considering MyBB is now allowing AH to censor their threads in their subforum, I think it's of significant importance that MyBB and AH disclose their relationship. AH is clearly not just another ISP making use of MyBB and it's important that users know the extent of this business relationship.
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This. But it won't happen.
 
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