[Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?

Discussion:

Jay Milk

2005-07-21 15:10:51 UTC

Got an email this morning with the subject "Welcome to Gizmo Project".
I didn't sign up with those yokels. Anyone else got spammed by them?

Paul Belanger

2005-07-21 22:54:28 UTC

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Oh you but I did, was not impressed. So, I sent them a friendly email
(hehe) asking WTF? What burns my ass, is they used a reply address of
***@gizmoproject.com!?

PB

Post by Jay Milk
Got an email this morning with the subject "Welcome to Gizmo Project".
I didn't sign up with those yokels. Anyone else got spammed by them?

Jerry Glomph Black

2005-07-22 07:18:08 UTC

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It's not a spam. They are not yokels. Don't know about you....

Gizmo is basically a different front end offered by the Sipphone.com people, to
offer an alternative to Skype which is not a closed jail (interoperates with all
SIP devices, asterisk, etc.).

I think they sent the mail to all registered sipphone.com users.

Post by Jay Milk
Got an email this morning with the subject "Welcome to Gizmo Project".
I didn't sign up with those yokels. Anyone else got spammed by them?

Jay Milk

2005-07-22 16:58:20 UTC

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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?
It's not a spam. They are not yokels. Don't know about you....
Gizmo is basically a different front end offered by the
Sipphone.com people, to offer an alternative to Skype which
is not a closed jail (interoperates with all
SIP devices, asterisk, etc.).
I think they sent the mail to all registered sipphone.com users.

Dear Glomph,

Thanks, I know what the Gizmo project is. I'm just not interested.

And yes, it's spam:
1. It's unsolicited -- I'm not registered on Sipphone.com. It came in
through an email address I use exclusively for the asterisk-users list
and a small volume of personal mail.
2. It's commercial -- #5 of "10 more things to do" reads "Add $10 in
CallOut credit to your account and talk for hours". So, they're trying
to sell me something.

Yokel: "A clumsy, unsophisticated person". I think that would be their
preferred label... Why? Because if you send unsolicited commercial
email in the US without offering a way to opt out of future mailings,
you're either clumsy and unsophisticated, or you're a criminal. I gave
them the benefit of the doubt and called them "yokels". If that term
offends you in any way, then let's use the more factual "criminals."

C F

2005-07-24 22:13:08 UTC

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Interesting, I've been on this list for almost a year now, and I
didn't recieve this spam. Are you sure you didn't download any sip
softphones and gave your email address?
In which case it is NOT spam, you gave your email address to them.

Post by Jay Milk

Dear Glomph,
Thanks, I know what the Gizmo project is. I'm just not interested.
1. It's unsolicited -- I'm not registered on Sipphone.com. It came in
through an email address I use exclusively for the asterisk-users list
and a small volume of personal mail.
2. It's commercial -- #5 of "10 more things to do" reads "Add $10 in
CallOut credit to your account and talk for hours". So, they're trying
to sell me something.
Yokel: "A clumsy, unsophisticated person". I think that would be their
preferred label... Why? Because if you send unsolicited commercial
email in the US without offering a way to opt out of future mailings,
you're either clumsy and unsophisticated, or you're a criminal. I gave
them the benefit of the doubt and called them "yokels". If that term
offends you in any way, then let's use the more factual "criminals."
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Steve Totaro

2005-07-25 01:44:56 UTC

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Just because you give your email address does not allow for unsolicited
emails unless you agree in the EULA or terms and conditions.

----- Original Message -----
From: "C F" <***@gmail.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-***@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?

Interesting, I've been on this list for almost a year now, and I
didn't recieve this spam. Are you sure you didn't download any sip
softphones and gave your email address?
In which case it is NOT spam, you gave your email address to them.

Post by Jay Milk

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C F

2005-07-26 21:24:04 UTC

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If you download it then you agree to the EULA.

Post by Steve Totaro
Just because you give your email address does not allow for unsolicited
emails unless you agree in the EULA or terms and conditions.
----- Original Message -----
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?
Interesting, I've been on this list for almost a year now, and I
didn't recieve this spam. Are you sure you didn't download any sip
softphones and gave your email address?
In which case it is NOT spam, you gave your email address to them.

Post by Jay Milk

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Jay Milk

2005-07-25 03:36:30 UTC

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Only softphone I ever downloaded (and promptly deleted) was xten. And
no, I never "register" with this email address.

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 5:13 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?
Interesting, I've been on this list for almost a year now,
and I didn't recieve this spam. Are you sure you didn't
download any sip softphones and gave your email address? In
which case it is NOT spam, you gave your email address to them.

Post by Jay Milk

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed

by GIZMO?

Post by Jay Milk

It's not a spam. They are not yokels. Don't know about you....
Gizmo is basically a different front end offered by the

Sipphone.com

Post by Jay Milk

people, to offer an alternative to Skype which is not a

closed jail

Post by Jay Milk

(interoperates with all SIP devices, asterisk, etc.).
I think they sent the mail to all registered sipphone.com users.

Dear Glomph,
Thanks, I know what the Gizmo project is. I'm just not interested.
1. It's unsolicited -- I'm not registered on Sipphone.com.

It came in

Post by Jay Milk
through an email address I use exclusively for the

asterisk-users list

Post by Jay Milk
and a small volume of personal mail. 2. It's commercial --

#5 of "10

Post by Jay Milk
more things to do" reads "Add $10 in CallOut credit to your account
and talk for hours". So, they're trying to sell me something.
Yokel: "A clumsy, unsophisticated person". I think that would be
their preferred label... Why? Because if you send unsolicited
commercial email in the US without offering a way to opt

out of future

Post by Jay Milk
mailings, you're either clumsy and unsophisticated, or you're a
criminal. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and called them
"yokels". If that term offends you in any way, then let's use the
more factual "criminals."
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Jay Milk

2005-07-25 03:36:30 UTC

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Correct -- and, solicited or not, any commercial email message (that is,
any message soliciting business), must include unsubscribe instructions,
which the one in question did not.

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?
Just because you give your email address does not allow for
unsolicited emails unless you agree in the EULA or terms and
conditions.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?
Interesting, I've been on this list for almost a year now,
and I didn't recieve this spam. Are you sure you didn't
download any sip softphones and gave your email address? In
which case it is NOT spam, you gave your email address to them.

B***@aol.com

2005-07-25 03:42:16 UTC

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I simply answered a question dealing with a project that I my self worked on
for a year. I am not trying to profit. Only assist.
On this list, we are all in this together!

Brad

B***@aol.com

2005-07-25 03:45:07 UTC

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you must be using Windows.

Tzafrir Cohen

2005-07-25 04:38:01 UTC

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Post by B***@aol.com
you must be using Windows.

Maybe he does. Maybe you do. I don't. Your message still lack any
reference to the ones you respond to.

Terry H. Gilsenan

2005-07-25 04:01:24 UTC

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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, 25 July 2005 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?
I simply answered a question dealing with a project that I my
self worked on for a year. I am not trying to profit. Only assist.
On this list, we are all in this together!
Brad

Would it be possible to leave at least part of the post you are responding
to in your response?

Otherwise the context and attribution, and indeed who you are replying to
and what you are talking about is completely lost....

My .02

T

Jay Milk

2005-07-25 06:18:05 UTC

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Difficult to believe that someone worked on any remotely technical
project when he/she relies on AOL for email. Just my 2c. Never thought
anything could be worse than me using Outlook ;-)

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Did anyone else get spammed by GIZMO?

Would it be possible to leave at least part of the post you
are responding to in your response?
Otherwise the context and attribution, and indeed who you are
replying to and what you are talking about is completely lost....
My .02
T