reverendmoon
join:2002-10-24
Carmel, IN
| "Special Offer" SPAM from InsightBB
Anyone else a bit unhappy about being SPAMMED from InsightBB?
The recent "Special Offer" is an attempt to sell virus scanning, firewall, etc capability to existing InsightBB customers.
The fact that they are selling this service -on-top- of an already overpriced $45 month (w/o TV) bill is bad enough. That they are willing to SPAM all my email accounts with this offer is worse.
Am I out of line here?
I've been thinking the ~$30 DSL bills have looked enticing. These SPAMS are the things that might motivate a change.
TheRev |
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GrnFld
Premium
join:2005-05-23
Greenfield, IN
clubs:
| I'll join you on the unhappy side. 
My anti-spam software immediately kicked that email to my deleted documents, where I didn't open it (for fear it contained a 'bug') but perused the header first, noting it was from a marketing firm.
I'm very disappointed in this new 'tactic' from Insight. I would think of switching, however Insight is currently the only game available in my rural area. I'll have to live with them until something else becomes available.
But your right, receiving spam from Insight to my primary e-mail address (which no one but I and insight know about) and all of my sub accounts is very disappointing.:( |
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TheOnlyOne
join:2003-04-18 | reply to reverendmoon
I think this is a good idea. There are to many people who don't have a firewall/antivirus and this could persuade them to get one. Also i wouldn't leave a company because i received one email (what you called spam)... |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to reverendmoon
What is really bad is that this is from a 3rd party marketing firm and not Insight directly meaning a 3rd party has a nice fat address list...can you say future offers(spam)??? Good I knew you can!!
I don't remember "signing" up or "opting" in for bullsh1t from Insight or 3rd parties on their "behalf"...Does anyone else? |
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mumbo jumbo
| reply to reverendmoon
It wasn't even from Insight. They clearly don't know how to deal with worms, manage their servers, or are just selling us out. See »email servers hacked? which I was going to bump but don't have to now  |
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insight user
@insightBB.com | It was from Insight, quit your whining! Down at the bottom of the email there is a link provided if you don't want to receive notifications from Insight in the future. |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA
| said by insight user:
It was from Insight, quit your whining! Down at the bottom of the email there is a link provided if you don't want to receive notifications from Insight in the future.
lol..
1- go troll somewhere else -anonymous posters = insight employee's..hmmm you decide
2- read the mail source it link's images and the like from a 3rd party yes THIRD PARTY!! Read it!!
<html>
<head>
<title>InsightBB F-Secure</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" >
<tr><td><A href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/?lYIJPjbwuxQyC4iuLxx
*ZEvYgVwl&http://www.insightbb.com" border="0"><img src="http://content.dynamicmessenger.c
*om/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_01.jpg" width="600" height="98" border="0"></A></td></
*tr>
<tr><td><A
href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/?lOqIQjbw.SnyC09uLHxZnPCy
*Vql&http://www.f-secure.com/estore/pcs/offer.html"><img src="http://content.dynamicmesseng
*er.com/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_02.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="69"></A></t
*d></tr>
<tr><td><A
href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/?lOqIQjbw.SnyC09uLHxZnPCy
*Vql&http://www.f-secure.com/estore/pcs/offer.html"><img src="http://content.dynamicmesseng
*er.com/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_03.jpg" width="600" height="99" border="0"></A></t
*d></tr>
<tr><td><img src="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_04.
*jpg" width="600" height="117"></td></tr>
<tr><td><A
href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/?lOqIQjbw.SnyC09uLHxZnPCy
*Vql&http://www.f-secure.com/estore/pcs/offer.html"><img src="http://content.dynamicmesseng
*er.com/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_05.jpg" width="600" height="101" border="0" usemap
*="#BuyNow"></A></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_06.
*jpg" width="600" height="74" border="0" usemap="#Insight"></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/images/75/image_07.
*jpg" width="600" height="81" border="0" usemap="#Tech"></td></tr>
</table>
<map name="Insight" id="Insight">
<area shape="RECT" coords="22,17,216,72" href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marke
*tinggroup/?lYIJPjbwuxQyC4iuLxxZEvYgVwl&http://www.insightbb.com">
<area shape="RECT" coords="414,19,586,71" href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2mark
*etinggroup/?lYIJPjbwuxQyC4iuLxxZEvYgVwl&http://www.insight-com.com">
</map><map name="Tech" id="Tech">
<area shape="RECT" coords="123,56,150,69" href="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2mark
*etinggroup/?pYGIPjbqj5nHf6adLg5PnPCgVqp">
</map>
<img src="http://content.dynamicmessenger.com/k2marketinggroup/?lOqIPjIwjx
*vHF4adsy5PEPCgVql">
</body>
</html>
--dmboundary--
(*) WARNING 11 long line(s) split |
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insight user
@insightBB.com
| Vote to ban the whiners. I'm not an employee of Insight, nor am I affiliated in any way. But I do have InsightBB service, and I don't feel that Insight was "out of line". This is my opinion of course, and you obviously have yours.
It's also my choice to not register on this site. But that hardly matters, you will all find something to gripe about. |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to insight user
said by insight user:
It was from Insight
LOL... but what about this?? Open mouth insert foot?
BTW..I wouldn't consider myself "whining" just dissappointed again with Insight...and why do you think people come here? to "praise" Insight? |
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tech327
join:2003-01-02
Louisville, KY
| reply to reverendmoon
it was from f-secure who is offering the service in conjunction with insight so it essentially from insight because it's only for their package they' re offering through insight. the company i work for also has the same type of agreement with f-secure. f-secure is also a reputable firewall and antivirus vendor and not just some "marketing firm" as someone stated on here. |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to reverendmoon
Looking at the source it doesn't look like fsecure it looks like a 3rd party marketing firm is involved...
»content.dynamicmessenger.com/
»www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&···G=Search
Show me where it is from fsecure and not a 3rd party... |
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tech327
join:2003-01-02
Louisville, KY
| reply to reverendmoon
In the same way that this all comes back to insight. That is basically a storefront on their marketing site. they are holding space for f-secure who isthe vendor of the product bearing the insight name. your information has not been sold off to anyone. But i know a lot of people in this forum of late are just dying to find a reason to cry out for a violation on insight's part. so please go ahead with your griping. insight may make some questionable decisions but i doubt they would do something quite frankyl as dumb as blatantly selling your email address to a marketing group which would get them saddled with a lawsuit on top of signifiganct subscriber loss. |
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oldjack
join:2002-12-26
Springfield, IL
1 edit | reply to reverendmoon
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KyHillBilly
join:2003-08-04
Lexington, KY | reply to tech327
Well Said! |
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bblurker
@insightBB.com | reply to tech327
tech327, you rock  *thumbs up* |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to tech327
said by tech327  :In the same way that this all comes back to insight. That is basically a storefront on their marketing site. they are holding space for f-secure who isthe vendor of the product bearing the insight name. your information has not been sold off to anyone. I'm not at all saying that a list was sold but I am saying that a 3rd party potentially has that info...
The sending host is NOT an Insight address hence the reason I am using the term 3rd party...maybe contracted by Insight but NOT Insight..maybe fsecure or whoever, who cares it is a 3RD PARTY!!
Insight is trying to peddle "good's", why not use their own setup for this?
Bottom line is I didn't ask for it IMO it is nothing more than SPAM...It's not the end of the world just kinda sad,I can add that in with the daily identical viagra spam that for some reason makes it through EVERY day...
»email servers hacked? |
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
|  reply to reverendmoon
Well, The Rev we have to remember many users don't even have a clue the type of stuff Insight is offering can be found for free on the Net. To us knowledgeable users it is SPAM, but to many others it is not SPAM.
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low cost and fast speed is what customers want in broadband |
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reverendmoon
join:2002-10-24
Carmel, IN
| reply to reverendmoon
This has been a good discussion. Thanks to all who contributed.
I'm still unhappy INSIGHTBB decided it's acceptable target my account with merchandise offers I didn't request. Call it whatever you wish, it's SPAMMING.
»dictionary.reference.com/search?q=spamming
Yes, I agree, this isn't an unforgivable offense which justifies and ISP change. However, when I'm paying $15 more than DSL, I'm understandably less tolerant about these things. My only reasons for continuing with INSIGHTBB is
1)They have been a great ISP
2)I'm too lazy to hassle with changing ISP's.
SPAMMING can be a great motivator though!
Surf on. |
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Ghost2501
@insightBB.com
| reply to reverendmoon
1- go troll somewhere else -anonymous posters = insight employee's..hmmm you decide
I resent that. I use an anony account because I choose to. Registration is just more information I have to apply to cyberspace. It's amazing what personal information you can find on the Internet... |
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