Newsletters

[Ricochet]

I get newsletters from “Drum forum”.
Mail address is: [email protected] or posing as such.

News letter options are unchecked in my forum preferences.

Is there something I can do besides labelling them as SPAM?

 

[L Robbins]

Got one this morning as well!

 

[audept]

I'm getting them too.

 

[JC higgy]

Me too.

 

[wabash slim]

Is there something I can do besides labelling them as SPAM?

Start playing drums?

 

[Alex]

To have your email address removed from any of the newsletters listed under "Sister Sites" below, send me an email to alex(at)enthuseddigital.com and include the following:

Newsletter Site Name:
Username:
Email address:

Thank you.

 

[thunder58]

@Ricochet @L Robbins @audept @wabash slim @JC higgy
Please note comment above ^

 

[wabash slim]

@Ricochet @L Robbins @audept @wabash slim @JC higgy
Please note comment above ^

I'm not getting any SPAM.

 

[Synchro]

Apparently there was some sort of problem with the servers that handle the newsletters and a bunch of people were inadvertently subscribed To newsletters.

 

[JC higgy]

I just unsubscribed from the link at the bottom of the newsletter email.

 

[Synchro]

I just unsubscribed from the link at the bottom of the newsletter email.

That’s what you need to do.

 

[ramjac]

I’m reading “besides” in the OP to mean “in addition to” as opposed to “other than”. I usually just rely on a spam filter. They’re not perfect, but they’re very good, and usually stop the SPAM from arriving back in your inbox. I wish I could say the same about “unsubscribe” links, which often turn out to be de facto “resubscribe” links with a 3-6 month delay. I don’t go “belt and suspenders” with SPAM and I take a better safe than sorry view when it comes to clicking links in SPAM emails - bad habit to get into even if you feel like it’s coming from a trusted source. It’s a bit different in this particular instance, given that we have a member who has already tried it without any apparent negative consequences (TBD on the “resubscribe” …), but in general, if you’re like many of us, you’re not always in the habit of being vigilant.

The only downside I can see for some if they go the SPAM filter route is that I’m not sure whether it will cause other forum notifications that you have opted into to be filtered out as well. I have not seen the address that these new SPAM emails are coming from - hopefully it differs enough that this won’t be the case.

 

[audept]

Getting unsolicited newsletters from a DRUM website is like getting spam from mail-order brides.

 

[thunder58]

I just unsubscribed from the link at the bottom of the newsletter email.

Simple enough

 

[emitex]

I've been getting these newsletters also from Drum Forum <[email protected]>.
Good practice not to click on anything in a suspected email, so I reported it to GMail (my mail client) then marked as spam.
If it's helpful to our webmaster/moderators, I was able to decipher that they are coming from "mail.enthuseddigital.com/sendy/.."
Something else we might try is to block emails from that server.
Hope this is helpful.

 

[audept]

I've been getting these newsletters also from Drum Forum <[email protected]>.
Good practice not to click on anything in a suspected email, so I reported it to GMail (my mail client) then marked as spam.
If it's helpful to our webmaster/moderators, I was able to decipher that they are coming from "mail.enthuseddigital.com/sendy/.."
Something else we might try is to block emails from that server.
Hope this is helpful.

See post #6 above.

 

[emitex]

See post #6 above.

Thanks audept. I haven't seen that. Should solve the problem.

 

[emitex]

Apparently there was some sort of problem with the servers that handle the newsletters and a bunch of people were inadvertently subscribed To newsletters.

Doesn't instill confidence.

 

[Synchro]

Doesn't instill confidence.

I think it’s more a software bug than irresponsibility on the part of the admins. Apparently all the forums in Gear Talk run on one set of servers and the forum software just decided to subscribe a bunch of people to newsletters.