Hello Dave, lol, you are so right my friend ! I see alot of these as well. Have a great weekend Dave respectfully,

Hi Dave! I don't mind autoresponder messages when I know that I signed up to receive them. One thing I've learned in using autoresponders myself is, that if the person signing up doesn't give their first name, it usually defaults to Friend, or email address. If there is no default set up, then you get the code for [FIRSTNAME] in its place. And, sometimes autoresponders mess up and don't add the name. I use autoresponders a lot. Before I switched to publishing my ezines through rss feeds, I used them even more than I do now. I do understand how you feel though, when it comes to getting emails from people you don't know, autoresponders you didn't sign up to. It is frustrating to be thought of as merely a mark. Heck, even the IRS uses your name on correspondence. LOL What I cannot stand is getting advertisements disguised as personal correspondence, or an invitation to be friends. (A topic in one of my own forums.) It drives me nuts! I'd rather get this information in a friendly letter form, something like: Hey Trina, You know, I was looking at your profile, and I see that we have some common interests. I am part of this program, and thought you might be interested in it too. That is personable, and doesn't leave me feeling like a mark. Share your stuff with me, but don't send me ads, unless I sign up to your autoresponder to get your ads. My two cents... Trina

Hi my friend Dave I get them too - a lot of them. And the sad thing is taht it is much more now than ever before as we also gets the new Personal Messages from our friends here too. I liked and like to visit members forums INSIDE Adland, and ALL this messages have I started delete - as I think the community is getting wourst with the also sending private messages. One sayd that he lost 10% friends for each time he sent out a P.M., but I do not think that is the issue why friends are leaving us here. Many are mad because they gets this "new" messages trough the new system, and I believe that people lose posts/contacts/friends/poss. downlines by "spamming" them. I have a lot of friends here and 8/10 new tells me "HI, hope You will be my friend æ- but take a look at my biz first". That is NOT the right way to start a friendship eighter. Image I saw a pretty unknown woman on the street. I run to her, takes her hand and will marry her and get her to bed. Well, I will hope I got a knock in my face then, but some do not understand what a new friendship is - how it shall be done - how to promote ..... Well Dave, we can write a lot about this, but maybe we as good friends in Adland, and we are many, can start making this to work the right way???? Best regards Your friend Arild

Hi Dave, Thanks for the invite to this forum. I agree with you whole heartedly. Even in this community I am finding that people are sending their opps in anyway they can. I get sent business opps in friend invites, I get sent business opps when someone accepts me as a friend, I am getting private messages with opps, and forum invitations with opps. Again I agree with everyone who has posted. Building relationships is the key to business. If you can't trust someone, you are not going to listen to what they have to say. Even if you have built a relationship, it still doesn't mean you want to look at their business. I came here to network and get to know some people. If people choose to look at my profile information for more info on my business then that is their choice. I welcome it, however you will not find me posting it all over the place. I don't believe in it. I also don't like getting emails all the time from strangers. I prefer to do business with people I know, trust and like. I'm sure there are many out there who feel the same. Alana

Hi, Dave, That really is a great problem but you didn't mention the most annoying one of all (probably because you don't read as many eMails as I did while I was ill)! I hate those emails that, not only don't address me by name but also call me by someone else's name in the body of the eMail - especially if the name they use is the wrong gender! I'd gnash my teeth but they are too few and too valuable. Regards Arthur