Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2E12E0057 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:27:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31481-01 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:27:26 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C14E92E0054 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:27:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-66-43.bk5-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.66.43]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m32NRpr3012179 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:27:59 -0700 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9191D47C56; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:27:39 -0400 (CLT) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:27:39 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Bruce Momjian Cc: PostgreSQL www Subject: Re: Advertizing email footers Message-ID: <20080402232739.GF10716@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <200804022323.m32NNwG04873@momjian.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200804022323.m32NNwG04873@momjian.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:28:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/4 X-Sequence-Number: 14752 Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I just noticed this email from a Yahoo user has a Blockbuster > advertisement. I just sent a test email from my Yahoo account to myself > and it had an advertisement too. > > Is this a growing trend? I guess my signature has advertizing too, but > at least I control it. Yes, some "free email" providers put advertisement as footers. This is not exactly new. You'll notice my signature has "advertising" too, and no one has ever complained about it. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.