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    Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

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    by gaza ·

    Is TechRepublic spamming you too
    TechRepublic is sending me emails all the time, are they spamming you too?

    I have not asked for emails.
    I have not ticked the box send me emails.
    I do not want emails.

    I tried to have this stop but they do not listen!

    So now I have a team of people ready to teach TechRepublic a lesson.
    TechRepublic, you are going down!

    They have set them self?s up to ignore us so rather than email them I ask people to spam there forum through both the Discussion and Questions Section.

    Don?t forget to include some good tags so others can find your comments and support you!

    Cheers

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    • #2769324

      What have you tried to get it to stop?

      by ontheropes ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      .

      • #2771030

        The following several times but now my patience has ended

        by gaza ·

        In reply to What have you tried to get it to stop?

        Please be sure to select Membership and Registration Inquiry as your product and topic. Include the email address you registered with and your user name.

        Please cancel membership, newsletter subscriptions and all other forms of email contact, please also remove all my details including email contact from your system.

        Any spam or contact what so ever and I will test my legal team to teach you a lesson with my new found wealth!

        My user Name is gaza and Email is XXXXXXXX if you need this detail to proceeded.

        The reference number for your question is ‘090218-000350’.

        Do you think thay will do the right thing this time OnTheRopes

        Cheers and thanks for you interest

        • #2771023
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          Per your request…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to The following several times but now my patience has ended

          I have taken the liberty to have your account canceled.

          Per a previous post – http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-23-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=302138&messageID=3018214

          I have also unsubscribed you from both the Newsletters in which you had subscribed yourself to.

          -Tammy

        • #2771019

          Buh-bye.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Per your request…

          :-0

        • #2771018

          Darn. I miss him already. (nt)

          by ontheropes ·

          In reply to Per your request…

          .

        • #2770943

          Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya…

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Per your request…

          I mean honestly, this is an IT site, take that scam elsewhere.

        • #2770924

          And you, jamgarvin, take that scam

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya…

          Of the “good lord” lowercase elsewhere.

          I will entertain you, otherwise.

        • #2770725

          Snap

          by gsg ·

          In reply to Per your request…

          You tell ’em, woman!

          I think we need a basic intelligence test before anyone’s membership is granted. It’s not hard to figure out how to subscribe/unsubscribe, and I know we have new members that are able to do this.

          We also need an @$$hole test, apparently.

        • #2770634

          Quick solution

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to The following several times but now my patience has ended

          try this, works every time!

          Make a pretend gun out of your left hand by curling your fingers in and pointing your index finger forward and your thumb up.

          Lay your ‘gun’ flat on the table still with your thumb and index finger stretched out.

          Lift your hand straight back against your forehead and go look in a mirror.

          You had a valid concern/complaint, it would have been listened to, understood and you would have found help and support if there was such a problem. TR does not purposely screw with people, its not their style they don’t need to spam due to the many thousands of subscribers they have.

          So when you rant and rave like a child and then post complete garbage like : “Any spam or contact what so ever and I will test my legal team to teach you a lesson with my new found wealth!”

          Nobody will take you seriously, in fact, understanding law myself, I would have taken you to task myself and asked you to follow through with your baseless threats.

          Your legal TEAM? Your new found WEALTH?

          What a tosser, go back to school, recess must surely be over by now.

        • #2770511

          Hey now Oz

          by magic8ball ·

          In reply to Quick solution

          He replied to any number of princes from Lagos and now is waiting for his share of the millions. Of course he had to pay some lawyer fees and bribe a few customs officials, but hey the money IS on its way.

          ha-ha

      • #2771028

        Nothing quite like

        by boxfiddler ·

        In reply to What have you tried to get it to stop?

        the wrath of scum. 😀

    • #2771038

      Yeah, we heard you the first time.

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=302135&start=0

      “They have set them self’s up to ignore us…”

      Us? What’s this ‘us’ you’re talking about? Nobody else has any trouble getting the staff’s attention.

      “So now I have a team of people…”

      Better hurry up; the last bus will be here soon and teacher’s gonna close the computer lab.

    • #2771026

      Scummy!!!

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      Now gaza’s going to think we don’t like him.

      Oh, wait…

      • #2771025

        Only if you did not like me!

        by gaza ·

        In reply to Scummy!!!

        I am friendly; just do not like incompetence and at times 30 emails a day from TechRepublic.

        Sure you are all people just like me

        Regard gaza

        • #2771024

          And then there was one.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Only if you did not like me!

          All your other posts are gone. If you hurry, you can get the last word.

          Yeah, I’ve been incredibly immature about this; been that kind of day.

        • #2770996

          30 emails a day?

          by seanferd ·

          In reply to Only if you did not like me!

          You signed up for hourly alerts on threads you were reading, didn’t you?

        • #2770581

          Well done ! sounds like

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to 30 emails a day?

          Someone subscribed to a thread, not realizing that being sent notification meant being sent notifications. That makes a lot more sense, self inflicted as usual.

    • #2771020

      TAMMY — WAIT!!!

      by the scummy one ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      We need to keep this thing around a bit longer. Do you see that blood vessel in it’s head that is about to burst from anger? I wanna see it go actually!!!

      So PLEASE let us piss off this loser a bit more.

      • #2771016
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        Sorry Scummy…

        by Tammy.Cavadias ·

        In reply to TAMMY — WAIT!!!

        ..just trying to follow the request of this member – by following what they have requested.

        I have graciously taken their requests and done what they have so graciously asked of me.

        -Tammy 🙂

        • #2771014

          Darn —

          by the scummy one ·

          In reply to Sorry Scummy…

          I wanted to watch the blood shoot accross the room due to pressure issues 🙁 — now I gotta find some other destruction to make my day happy 🙁

        • #2770995

          My schedule unexpectedly changed tonight.

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to Darn —

          May I be of service?

        • #2770993

          Wicked

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to My schedule unexpectedly changed tonight.

          imaginings.
          Stirred, no doubt, in the dark side.

        • #2770748

          :^0 — only if

          by w2ktechman ·

          In reply to My schedule unexpectedly changed tonight.

          I saw this last night….
          I had to suffer the agony of a non-destructive day of getting things done 🙁 🙁

          Oh well, the future looks ripe for plenty more 🙂

        • #2770721

          That’s the way to handle Tammy

          by rob mekel ·

          In reply to Sorry Scummy…

          Be polite … listen to the chat (oops read quietly) act upon what they ask and go on with the more happy site (oops) side of the business.

          Way to go Tammy 🙂

    • #2771001

      Well, that can be constued as a threat

      by seanferd ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      which may have consequences for you.

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=301864&messageID=3015771

      Some people have no problem canceling subscriptions to newsletters and alerts. I certainly don’t. Even the new member who wrote the post at the link above did not. Others seem quite incapable of managing their subscriptions, however.

      • #2770997

        Prolly

        by boxfiddler ·

        In reply to Well, that can be constued as a threat

        ’cause they don’t know 2+2=3.

      • #2770744

        Yesterday, I pointed out

        by w2ktechman ·

        In reply to Well, that can be constued as a threat

        several ways to fix the issue, including contacting Tammy. However that thread was pulled.
        So, I started in another — alas — that one was pulled too 🙁
        I dont know why when I give advice to dumba$$es, the threads end up being pulled — it’s a CONSPIRACY… I doubt it has anything to do with choice of words, insults, or instructions on offing oneself due to being brain dead, personal attacks, or the like.

        • #2770701

          Somebody

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Yesterday, I pointed out

          -not saying who- used the red phone.

        • #2770688

          Damned JD!!!

          by the scummy one ·

          In reply to Somebody

          wait, JD has the red button…… Who has the red phone?

        • #2770636

          Conspiracy?

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Yesterday, I pointed out

          If there was any conspiracy, it was boxy and I smacking the spam button every time gaza started a new discussion. Every one was flagged as spam before you got to them. Hence, they disappeared, excluding this one for the reasons Tammy outlined below.

        • #2770606

          Hey Stop That!!!

          by the scummy one ·

          In reply to Conspiracy?

          I just wanted to rant about the Scummy Conspiracy — let it go ma’an, leave me to my delusions :^0 :^0

          To be honest, the post was just filled with sarcasm, surprised you didnt notice actually.

    • #2770865

      The word

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      assclown, comes to mind after reading your post.

      Are you dumb, or just stupid?

      • #2770692

        I vote both

        by shellbot ·

        In reply to The word

        I’m still laughing that he asked US to spam TR!!

        don’t suppose he peered anyone..if we had his addy could really show him spam 🙂

    • #2770857

      Hopefully included in yer ‘team of people’, you’ve got …

      by older mycroft ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      An ENGLISH teacher!!!

      First rule of Text-Based Public Noticeboard-Type Forums:

      Lern too sppel propurrly. 😉

    • #2770776

      Hey drama king …

      by jasonhiner ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      Click the MyNewsletters link in the upper right-hand corner of TechRepublic and then go to the bottom the page, check “Unsubscribe from all TechRepublic newsletters” and click the “Update my account” button.

      There’s also an unsubscribe link at the bottom of every newsletter that TechRepublic sends.

      • #2770761

        I’ve got to say it Jason, it didn’t work for me.

        by ontheropes ·

        In reply to Hey drama king …

        I don’t know as drama King had tried it but I have. I had to forward a TR email that I kept getting no matter that I followed the unsubscribe procedure. Hopefully Tammy can work her magio so that I don’t continue getting the unwanted newletter.

        I also know that when I clicked to unsubcribe to all newsletters it deleted all of my discussion email alerts too. Seems to me email alerts should be separate from newletters so I wasn’t expecting that to happen. It would be nice if there was a warning that you lose everything, even discussion email alerts. Would’ve been even nicer if the unsubscribe procedure had worked and unsubscribed me from the one newletter, like it should have done.

        • #2770658
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          The alerts are separate…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to I’ve got to say it Jason, it didn’t work for me.

          so not sure why it deleted all the alerts (though these are currently broken – again, and we do have a bug report open for it)

          And as mentioned in peermail – I’ve gotten you off that Newsletter.

          -Tammy 🙂

        • #2770632
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          Found out why your subscriptions went poof…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to The alerts are separate…

          … or at least what is believed to have happened…

          Did you by chance click on this (I didn’t link the Click here part for a reason): If you do not want TechRepublic to send you any more commercial e-mail messages, please “click here”, and you will be unsubscribed from any future mailings.

          As that link is our global unsubscribe and it does unsubscribe you from everything versus just the newsletter. (It’s located at the very bottom of the subscription center)

          -Tammy

        • #2770571

          Yeah, that’s what I did.

          by ontheropes ·

          In reply to Found out why your subscriptions went poof…

          What a dope, huh? You can’t say that I didn’t try everything to stop receiving that newsletter. Pity it didn’t work.

          I do thank you for getting me off of the email list. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

          I got on the email list when I had to re-enter my information after the site upgrade, just so that I could log back in. I forgot to uncheck the ‘send me email’ boxes along about the 4th or 5th time that I tried to log in. I kept getting 404’d before I could finally log in.

          There wasn’t any activity on the discussions I was subscribed to, except for TRGC 5, so no harm done. I can live with it.

          Now I know to tell people not to hit the global unsubscribe button unless they’re serious. I’ll also tell them to send you an email after the global unsubscribe button doesn’t work. :0

        • #2770524
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          Nah.. I learned something…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Yeah, that’s what I did.

          I knew we had a global unsubscribe.. what I didn’t know was that it also included the discussions alerts – but now I do 😀

          -Tammy

        • #2770551

          One instance where it might not work …

          by jasonhiner ·

          In reply to I’ve got to say it Jason, it didn’t work for me.

          The problem is if you have multiple accounts and are signed up for newsletters on each one. Then you have to go in on each account and do the unsubscribe routine on each one.

          Sometimes people forget that they have older accounts or they don’t remember the passwords on those accounts. That’s where people sometimes run into a situation where they “unsubscribe all” and still get email from us.

        • #2770542

          That makes perfect sense.

          by ontheropes ·

          In reply to One instance where it might not work …

          In this case I know what I did to suddenly start receiving newsletters. It was my fault, after the upgrade. I just filtered that newsletter to my Trash folder but then I saw Tammy suggest to one person that they send her the email and she could unsubscribe them so I thought I’d do that. Apparently it worked as that mailing went out this morning, according to Tammy, and I didn’t get it. All in all it was nothing but a glitch in the Matrix and I learned something too.

        • #2770521
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          That’s one of the reasons…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to That makes perfect sense.

          I ask for the perrmail and the full headers – so I can check to see what addy the newsletter is being sent to – which may be different.

          It happens sometimes with redirects or if say your ISP uses a simple form for the email addy but its actually something longer (ie. tammy.cavadias@myisp.com is my addy but the actual email is tammy.cavadias247696754734@myisp.com – what we might have for you is the longer email and not the shorter version)

          -Tammy

        • #2770512

          m-m-m

          by santeewelding ·

          In reply to That makes perfect sense.

          “Matrix”. Matrix Mother. Mother of the Matrix. Matrix Mom. Mommy Matrix. Matrix Mommy.

          Yeah. Let me think some more, Tammy.

        • #2770378

          Not necessarily older accounts, Jason

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to One instance where it might not work …

          I used a different email over on ZDNet than I did on TR. Then they merged the membership databases…

      • #2770719

        Drama “Queen” instead of King.. ha ha

        by theswabbie ·

        In reply to Hey drama king …

        Good one… You should have said “Queen” just to aggravate him/her/whatever. You’re too nice.

        LOL

        • #2770699

          Because of his position

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Drama “Queen” instead of King.. ha ha

          He is not allowed to say what he REALLY thinks about our little queenie, so it is left to the rest of us to do it for him. 😀

        • #2770693

          Yea

          by theswabbie ·

          In reply to Because of his position

          Yea, youre right. He cant unload like we can…

          Dont worry J ~ we got your back 🙂

        • #2770548

          LOL

          by jasonhiner ·

          In reply to Yea

          🙂

    • #2770741

      The similar threat you posted yesterday was yanked

      by maxwell edison ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      I wonder why this one’s still here?

      Jaqi and I posted to it yesterday, but by afternoon the whole thread was gone. It didn’t even appear in my workspace as something I posted to.

      • #2770737

        There were like 6 of them

        by w2ktechman ·

        In reply to The similar threat you posted yesterday was yanked

        and Tammy left a couple. All of the ones Scummy posted to were yanked. Of course, insults, personal attacks, and foul language were probably reasons for it as well.
        Heck, even Palmetto asked me Scummy to stop :0 , well, Palmetto had other reasons for it (a fun issue).

        • #2770696

          My

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to There were like 6 of them

          eighty hundred quadrillion gazillion anticipatory points went with them. 🙁

        • #2770645
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          Uh huh….

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to My

          <~~ Has copies, so points remain :D -Tammy :-)

        • #2770604

          Not Exactly

          by the scummy one ·

          In reply to Uh huh….

          Boxy was hoping )and planning) to hit the SPAM button a few thousand more times yesterday, however, the account was killed so Boxy didnt get the gobs of more points.

          Edit: — since you have copies, can you send me my responses so that I can post them again (to be viewed by all) :^0

          Oops — or were some of them near or over the top? ?:|

        • #2770518
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          In that case…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Not Exactly

          I’ll add an extra 1 million to Boxy’s point total to make up for it 😀

          And no you can’t have copies.. I only keep copies of the OP (should they come back and state it was a wrongful removal – I have it) But don’t despair – I’m sure there will be many more chances tonight 😉

          -Tammy 🙂

        • #2770570

          Thank you Tammy. :D

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Uh huh….

          You get my vote.

      • #2770732

        I suspect this one is still here

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to The similar threat you posted yesterday was yanked

        because it includes Tammy’s acknowledgement that she’s fulfilling his requests:

        http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=302137&messageID=3018241

        Just in case Wonder Boy visits the site.

      • #2770648
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        It’s still here for a reason…

        by Tammy.Cavadias ·

        In reply to The similar threat you posted yesterday was yanked

        ..since I responded in both of them (there is actually 2 left up) – I wanted to show we weren’t ignoring him as claimed and did take care of his requests.

        I tried to transport you over here but afraid “Scotty” was sleeping 😉

        -Tammy 🙂

    • #2770738

      By the way – This link will give you tips on how to bring down a Web Site

      by maxwell edison ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      • #2770731

        Dammit, I bit on that one!

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to By the way – This link will give you tips on how to bring down a Web Site

        TR’s own little answer to Rick Astley.

        • #2770712

          :D oh yeaaaa

          by rob mekel ·

          In reply to Dammit, I bit on that one!

          Maxwell is known for that one … alltho … the tiny url is a new one 😉

        • #2770633

          I should know better.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to :D oh yeaaaa

          I haven’t made that mistake in months. I’m going to b!tch slap myself for it; helmetless, too.

        • #2770520

          Stop. Wait.

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to I should know better.

          Allow me?

        • #2764843

          You go, girl.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Stop. Wait.

          That way, at least one of us will enjoy the process.

          “Oh, Gomez, don’t torture yourself; let me do it” – Morticia Adams.

        • #2764838

          Gotta love

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to You go, girl.

          that Addams Family. 😀

        • #2770695

          I dont feel so dumb now

          by theswabbie ·

          In reply to Dammit, I bit on that one!

          Ha ha … I did too.. you can see the teeth marks in it I bit so hard… LOL

        • #2770686

          yeah

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I dont feel so dumb now

          nothing makes you feel better about yourself than to see others just as “dumb”… 😀

          yeah, that is known as “The Link”. ;\

        • #2770665

          Speaking of dumb

          by maxwell edison ·

          In reply to I dont feel so dumb now

          On the rare occasion when I do post it, I’ve even forgotten to turn off my own speakers once or twice! Ouch!

          And as jd correctly pointed out, we humorously refer to this as [i]the link[/i]. It’s used for emphasis to a targeted, unsuspecting person, and for laughs for the regulars who mostly know what’s coming.

      • #2770678

        Darn…

        by gsg ·

        In reply to By the way – This link will give you tips on how to bring down a Web Site

        Barracuda blocked it. I’ll have to remember to jump on tonight at home.

        The internet safety police (across the hall from me) are interfering with my fun… uh, work. Yeah, work, that’s it..

    • #2770726

      WTF? Are you a Troll?

      by theswabbie ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      You, a Graphic Artist want US to go against TR because you think you are getting spammed? Why would you even say something so stupid unless you wanted a reaction from us?

      If you dont want emails from TR – have them delete your account… I promise we won’t be mad if you do….

      Dont go away Angry or Mad ~ Just, go, Away…

      🙂

    • #2770715

      Now all let’s calm down NOW

      by rob mekel ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      This post is only here to the grace of Tammy.

      So … what are the thoughts behind that scheme … what is TR upto … mmm, I wonder
      [i]okay that one is not new to them I do wonder why a lot[/i]

      Ah … maybe it’s to attract likewise TR-members so they can utter their bile … mmm
      That could be a nice plan then wipe them all out with one blow.
      Mmm, that might not work as they come in most rapidly through the backdoor of new accounts

      So what might the deeper meaning of this be … I still wonder …

      Ah may be it’s just to give them a spot on TR to release themselfs (to all you impure: [b] NO DE intended[/b]) of their gall.
      That just could do the trick … but still I wonder …….. will it do the job 😉

      [i]edited because of some possible minor not intended DE[/i]

    • #2770640

      Wot a tosser!

      by oz_media ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      What a loser, in order ot get back at TR, you flood OUR forums and OUR Questions forums with spam? Nice, what a prick!

      Are you one of those guys who are just such a loser that people just randomly knock you out as you walk down the street?

      If not, try walking down my street one day, loser.

      You can directly email most of the staff at TR, its no secret and they do reply to emails. They are also very proactive at stopping such garbage, you have definitley opted in somewhere down the line or have posted your email address in a forum where web bots have picked it up. TR does not spam anyone, I’ve been here for years and have yet to receive ANY spam as a result of my participation on TR. there have been sites that use bots to scour the forums for email addresses that morons post online, they will then spoof the sender’s address as being from TR but that’s rare itself.

      You are wrong, should have come to the community for answers before being such a dick to everyone, not just TR.

      “They have set themselve’s up”?
      “TechRepublic you are going down”?

      What are you, 8?

      Get a life and next time mom lets you use the computer go to the Sesame Street forum instead.

      Go slather your private parts with vegemite and feed a roo.

      • #2770537

        Cool..

        by shellbot ·

        In reply to Wot a tosser!

        Prick! makes it through the filter..woo hoo

        • #2770534

          Prolly

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Cool..

          due to its association with bloody fingers.

    • #2770622

      I think it’s just you bub

      by jiminpa ·

      In reply to Why does TechRepublic Spam, large amounts of unsolicited emails

      I do not recieve anything I have not asked for.

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