huh, that's really odd. I guess that they are scraping both, which IMHO isn't a very nice thing todo. :-( Barry Brimer wrote: > 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
