Jonathan Kamens 86 47
Way back in 2007, my wife and I made a donation to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). I have since come to learn that this was a mistake.
Immediately after donating, I told them via email that my wife and I would continue to donate periodically as long as they didn't send us any junk mail or spam, but if they do either of those we will permanently cross them off our list. A real person replied and acknowledged the request.
#MADD #spam (1/4)
Jan 22 at 8:30pmWeb
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Jan 22
Since then, they have spammed me so many times that I have lost count. I have clicked many unsubscribe links, sent many unsubscribe emails.
Every time they start using a new bulk emailing platform of any sort, the spam resumes. Today's new platform is "VoterVoice", from which they just spammed us yet again. (2/4)
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Jan 22
My wife and I have donated to countless organizations, and pretty much every single one of them has been able to handle the simple concept of, "Designate this email address as do-not-mail and don't add it to any new bulk email platforms." Not MADD, apparently!
I tend to assume that if an organization is this shitty about something as simple and straightforward as this, they are shitty in general. This is why I stop donating to organizations that spam me after I've told them not to. (3/4)
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Jan 22
To add insult to injury, when I attempted to email them yet again today to complain again about them spamming me, the email bounced with a nameserver error. It got past _that_ problem when I resent it, but now it's stuck inside Microsoft email purgatory: "451 4.3.2 Temporary server error. Please try again later ATTR2 [CO1PEPF000044EE.namprd05.prod.outlook.com 2026-01-22T20:25:20.783Z 08DE5444EA7D4C8F]"
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EDIT: This, at least, isn't MADD's fault. There's a Microsoft outage.
Show threadJered FloydJan 22
@jik This seems to be a widespread Office365 mail outage. I’m seeing it as well.