Where I come from, this is called spamming

I swear I never signed up to anything from Ziff–Davis’s Eweek, yet here I am, receiving their spam. And it’s not the first time I have had something from this firm, which I always took to be respectable. Hence, today, I had to write.

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:55:42 +0000
To: wbg@enews.webbuyersguide.com
From: Jack Yan
Subject: Re: Running a managed services business: The fundamentals
In-Reply-To: <20070322124922.3DEC4D53026E7@smtp.enews.webbuyersguide.com>

Hi guys:

For the last few weeks, each time I unsubscribe from a Ziff–Davis mailing, I find I am automatically put on to another one. I unsub from that, and then find myself on another one. What's happening?! Can you please just stop sending me these, and not subscribe me to anything else?! Remove means remove!

Sincerely,

Jack Yan

   The only Ziff–Davis newsletter I ever subbed to was for Publish magazine, and that’s it. I’m sick of having to go to the company’s site to unsubscribe myself from newsletters I have not even heard of. In fact, I’m removing myself from anything from their company, effective today.
   These weird ones began when CIO began spamming me in July 2005 with a ‘complimentary subscription’. Baseline spam started in December 2006. Eweek began in March 2007. Ziff–Davis event emails began in March 2007 as well.
   If anyone from Ziff–Davis is reading: remove means remove. Don’t keep spreading my email address all over your corporation.

PS.: Well, that was amazing. Mary Hart from Ziff–Davis read this, and instantly responded. Now, that’s someone who cares about the company. I have to say I am impressed by their taking responsibility. It’s very easy for those of us outside the US to presume the worst in corporate behaviour, and this really helps restore a little bit of that old reputation.

We received a Google notification about your blog on March 22nd regarding spam from the Ziff Davis Web Buyer’s Guide. I checked our system and noted that the same day you posted that blog, you successfully unsubscribed from the Channel Update (which you were on as a former member of Publish); Publish, CIO Insight and Web Professional s. I’ll go one step further and completely remove your information from the newsletter system so that you don’t ever receive any unwanted mailings from us again.