Quoting Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Redhat took the emails from the email used for their up2date service. > > I know this because the survey I filled out had a orig_to of the contact > email for our satellite server and not my personal email. > > --Harry > > Barry Brimer wrote: > >> Did any of us opt in to any sort of list to request that we be pinged for > >> Zoomerang surveys? Especially since the survey invitation includes an > >> "opt out" link? > >> > >> I certainly hope that Red Hat wouldn't stoop to simply giving out our > >> email addresses, whether because we're on their listservs or because > >> we're > >> associated, in some way, as users of their products, without our express > >> permission. > >> > >> I would also hope that they wouldn't stoop to sneakwrap type tactics, > >> wherein they would change their policies, regarding the use of our email > >> addresses, with no appropriate notice or prior request for permission. > > > > I don't think Red Hat did anything sneaky. I think our email addresses > > were lifted from the mailing list archives by this third party. For the > > record, I did not sign up for any surveys. > > > > I have received surveys from Red Hat in the past, but they were clearly > > from Red Hat, and in a different format. These messages were sent to > > the appriopriate email address on my Red Hat customer account or my Red > > Hat certification account. The email received yesterday was sent to my > > mailing list account. I do not suspect that Red Hat had any > > participation in this survey. In my case, the email address used was only that of the mailing list. I do not have a satellite server, but the email address that is used for RHN registration was not used. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
