Huib! wrote:
Hello,
Aren't we working to wrong way, I think it should be better to let
people opt-in, because we didn't release our e-mail addresses for this
kind of spam. I use different emails for private / mailinglist use and I
didn't give permission to use my private email.
Can I just point out the email address concerned was supplied by you to
Wikimedia Foundation, where your account's preference is set "Enable
e-mail from other users".
I'm not saying only people where that is set was sent email, and no
people where that is not set (i.e. email on record only for password
recovery) were not sent. However, in your particular case, I or anyone
else for that matter could just as easily send you the email via the
Commons interface and it would had be no different.
Its kind of stupid that this email isn't send out
when the election
started, but is send when a lot of people already voted, and its
unneeded now so its spam.
It's unfortunate this year, those that have already voted received the
email. Obviously it should be noted so it doesn't happens in the future
(i.e. in 2 years time). But there are should a lot of people who is able
to vote but haven't voted, and it wouldn't be spam to send them this email.
KTC
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