This is the blog of Adam Kalsey. Unusual depth and complexity. Rich, full body with a hint of nutty earthiness.
This is the blog of Adam Kalsey. Unusual depth and complexity. Rich, full body with a hint of nutty earthiness.
20 Feb 2002
At some point I must have given my email address to Classmates. I don’t remember doing so, but reputable companies generally don’t buy spam lists, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.
This morning I got an offer from them for some sort of subscription bonus. I wasn’t interested, but here’s some hints for Classmates.
But Nielsen would want to tie those tokens to micropayments. :)
When I am required to divulge an email address, I often use a Sneakemail address. Sneakemail is a free service that allows you to create an unlimited number of thowaway email addresses that forward to your real email. If a company starts abusing it or if it shows up on a spam list, you can block all email forwarding or even delete the address altogether.
I joined classmates several months ago. I changed computers and e mail a address. I can not get in touch with any one at your Help address. I sent a address change but when I go to Classmates all i get is advertising to get a a gold membership. I already have one under my old address but can not get it changed to my new email address. My old email address was ltankersley@ @hormel.com I am a member of the 1961 class at Whitehaven High school in Memmpis Tenn. I s there any way I can get this changed to my new address Right now the membership is worthless
Since I’m not affiliated with Classmates.com, there’s not much I can do to help.
Apparently this page is one of the top search results for classmates.com/help, so I get a number of visitors who typed that URL into a search engine instead of their browser’s address bar.
Many of these people think that they’ve reached Classmates for some reason and send me a message asking for help. Many of these people have similar problems. They’ve tried contacting Classmates Help and don’t ever get a response.
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Steven Garrity
February 20, 2002 4:02 PM
“Permission goes stale.” - Preach on brother! This important rule reminds me of Jakob Nielsen’s proposed ‘token’ based permission system. Jakob idea involves giving a company a digital token that will allow one (or some other limited number) of opportunities to contact you without divulging your actual address.
Good call.