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TallyMan
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13 May 2012, 6:28 pm

Just got this email. If I want to read the articles I'll do it myself. I don't want to be spammed!

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From: Wrong Planet - Asperger and Autism Community

Why is it so hard for moms to take a break? What can fathers do to help?

First of all, struggling with taking a break from maternal responsibilities is normal. This is hard for the mothers of typical children—who presumably have a little less to be preoccupied about than mothers of children who have autism and other special needs.

So feeling overwhelmed by the enormous responsibilities of motherhood is normal, but when it goes on indefinitely, it’s not healthy for a mother or her family. And fathers tend to begin feeling left out and neglected. While I frequently write about fathers, I spend a good deal of my time as a psychologist listening to mothers. Almost invariably mothers seem to be relieved when they give voice to their struggles—particularly the guilt about not doing enough or missing something they should have done or thought about.

Read the Article: http://www.wrongplanet.net/article433.html

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13 May 2012, 7:44 pm

^^ Yep, I received one too. Same response.

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13 May 2012, 8:31 pm

Must be forumwide

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13 May 2012, 9:20 pm

I got that in my E-mail as well.

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14 May 2012, 1:39 am

Got in my inbox earlier yesterday as well. It could be that Alex set the article to be emailed to all wrongplanet members, or maybe he did so by mistake when the new article went online.

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14 May 2012, 3:32 am

I've been a member four years and it is the first spam email I've had from here. It looks very much deliberate. It came from noreply@wrongplanet.tv rather than noreply@wrongplanet.net so I've just flagged noreply@wrongplanet.tv as a spammer to prevent any more arriving in my inbox. It shouldn't affect topic or PM notifications.

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14 May 2012, 4:16 am

I got it in my email that isn't even registered with my account but was with my old one which no longer exists.

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14 May 2012, 4:47 am

If it were deliberate, it would be contradicting Plank's principle (as if he has any nowadays).

Anyway, wrongplanet.tv is associated with Plank. Here's the WHOIS lookup. Please be reminded that this is public information, and can easily be looked up on who.godaddy.com.

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The data contained in GoDaddy.com, LLC's WHOIS database,
while believed by the company to be reliable, is provided "as is"
with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This
information is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you
in obtaining information about domain name registration records.
Any use of this data for any other purpose is expressly forbidden without the prior written
permission of GoDaddy.com, LLC. By submitting an inquiry,
you agree to these terms of usage and limitations of warranty. In particular,
you agree not to use this data to allow, enable, or otherwise make possible,
dissemination or collection of this data, in part or in its entirety, for any
purpose, such as the transmission of unsolicited advertising and
solicitations of any kind, including spam. You further agree
not to use this data to enable high volume, automated or robotic electronic
processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose,
including mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes.

Please note: the registrant of the domain name is specified
in the "registrant" field. In most cases, GoDaddy.com, LLC
is not the registrant of domain names listed in this database.

Registrant:
WrongPlanet.net

2009 Bobwhite Court
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: WRONGPLANET.TV
Created on: 18-Aug-06
Expires on: 18-Aug-12
Last Updated on: 19-Aug-11

Administrative Contact:
Plank, Alexander alex@wrongplanet.net
WrongPlanet.net
2009 Bobwhite Court
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
United States
+1.4342934621 Fax -- +1.4342934621

Technical Contact:
Plank, Alexander alex@wrongplanet.net
WrongPlanet.net
2009 Bobwhite Court
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
United States
+1.4342934621 Fax -- +1.4342934621

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14 May 2012, 7:37 pm

Yes, received here at my registered email at 14:53 5-13. So is this going to become more common, I wonder? I don't really care much, if I get too irritated I will just blacklist wrongplanet on my email filter.

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14 May 2012, 8:32 pm

I just did my standard clean out of my inbox... Something along the lines of

-Bull
-Bull
-WP, Dont care
-Bull
-Spam
Ah, Right... My payment went through.

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14 May 2012, 8:34 pm

Either way, unsolicited e-mail is spam. And just for everyone's information:

[img][800:400]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg119/theimperiousdork/Confidential/untitled.jpg[/img]

From the looks of it, it seems that one of Plank's henchmen is one of those behind the spamming. Hmm. I smell something fishy here. Does this remind me of an adversary I have had here? Hah.

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14 May 2012, 8:44 pm

*cough* check your profiles. if you click...

1. My Account
2, Edit Profile

or alternately click this link (dunno if it will work):

http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... p=edituser

there is one applicable field:

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Receive Newsletter by Email?

if you clicked "yes" to that, then you've given permission for alex to send you communications like this.

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14 May 2012, 8:46 pm

Hyperlexian, my answer to that premise of yours (and I'd assume it'd be the answer of the rest) is a big

NO.

So it's unsolicited e-mail.
Unsolicited e-mail counts as SPAM.
Plank sent me that e-mail without my explicit permission.
Therefore, he and his Web site counts as a spammer.

Any contests?

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14 May 2012, 8:56 pm

you gave him permission when you signed up here. nobody ever reads the Terms of Service.

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Communications
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When you visit WrongPlanet.net or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us
electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will
communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all
agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you
electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

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14 May 2012, 8:58 pm

well SOME people read the terms of service, but it seems to be uncommon.

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14 May 2012, 9:04 pm

I disagree, Hyperlexian. I don't think that makes any sense. See, this site apparently gives users the option whether they would want to be e-mailed or not, but then its so-called "Terms of Service" completely contradicts said option.

Kind of reminds me of hypocrites who enforce laws yet disobey same laws themselves.

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