When Will I Drop This Matter?

There are several things that Artie needs to fix in order for me to let up:

1. Create an unsubscribe link that actually goes to an unsubscribe page, not an email preferences page. A user must be able to opt-out with one-click. At this point, not one of Mamasource's subscribers can do that...not one. This IS in violation of the CAN-SPAM act.

2. Quit harvesting people's email addresses! I am not the only one whose email address book was harvested. There is no indication that users can select individual contacts from their address books like you can in other social networking sites. Once an unsuspecting person submits her password, those flowers and trees go to everyone in their address books and they don't go away, the requests keep being sent out again and again. This IS spammy and unethical. And using The Breast Cancer Fund and Trees For the Future to solicit moms in this way? Pathetic. Also, the page you get when you sign up at the site is a blatant pitch page encouraging moms to enter their email passwords for flowers, a page that says "this is your only chance!" and I find this very alarming.

3. Fix Mamasource's mailservers that are currently configured like those of a spammer. Read the post on the DNS report for more information on that one. I wish someone more technical than myself (which is about anyone) would comment on the current configurations and why they are configured like they are.

Why Can't You Unsubscribe From Mamasource?

According to the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003...

"Your email must give recipients an opt-out method. You must provide a return email address or another Internet-based response mechanism that allows a recipient to ask you not to send future email messages to that email address, and you must honor the requests. You may create a "menu" of choices to allow a recipient to opt out of certain types of messages, but you must include the option to end any commercial messages from the sender."

Well, lo and behold, Mamasource does provide an unsubscribe link, but guess what? YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY UNSUBSCRIBE! This link takes you to an email preferences page, where you can change the following:

Email me a Daily Digest of the latest requests, news, and activity on Mamasource.
Yes
No
Email me each time a new request is made on Mamasource.
Yes
No
Email me each time I receive a new response to one of my own requests.
Yes
No
Email me each time I receive a new personal message.
Yes
No

Does anyone see an unsubscribe option here?

Check out the "unsubscribe" page for yourself

It is plain to see that they do not allow you to enjoy a "one-click opt-out" or let you unsubscribe without hassle. They do, however, make it very easy for you to unknowingly spam all of your friends, relatives, and acquaintances with trees and flowers with a simple click!

See the CAN-SPAM ACT of 2003 here.

If you are sick of getting these emails, I suggest you forward them in their entirety to spam@uce.gov!

Stop these people from gathering your information and harvesting your email address books.

It just ain't right!