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Bf spam
The SPAM emails filled with click bait are getting old. Am I the only one who is pissed when I see this **** in my inbox? "Bike Forums does not rent, sell, or lease customer information.” But they will send spam emails on your behalf if you pay them enough :-/
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Not just spam...pseudoscience quackery at that. In understand needing to pay to keep the website lights on. I get it. But could they pick bigger sleazebags to spam the names of?
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/gwy...-and-quackery/
I mean shoot, Gundry's own website the spam provided has the now universal chorus of all non-medicine everywhere "The information on this website has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.", plastered at the bottom of all its pages. That Bikeforums is part of the at conman's front makes it worse. It would be one thing if Garmin or Shimano or something actually bike related was being shilled for at least.....not utter pure unadulterated B.S. trying to pass itself off as medicine.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/gwy...-and-quackery/
I mean shoot, Gundry's own website the spam provided has the now universal chorus of all non-medicine everywhere "The information on this website has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.", plastered at the bottom of all its pages. That Bikeforums is part of the at conman's front makes it worse. It would be one thing if Garmin or Shimano or something actually bike related was being shilled for at least.....not utter pure unadulterated B.S. trying to pass itself off as medicine.
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It like a powerwash for your inbox. Lose subscribers with this one simple trick!
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I'm not a paying member. I never get emails, SPAM or otherwise. Must be operator error.
Do you have this box checked in your email and messaging setting?:
"Receive our newsletter and special promotions from our partners"
BTW...There is a specific forum here for user suggestions and assistance.
Do you have this box checked in your email and messaging setting?:
"Receive our newsletter and special promotions from our partners"
BTW...There is a specific forum here for user suggestions and assistance.
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I'm not a paying member. I never get emails, SPAM or otherwise. Must be operator error.
Do you have this box checked in your email and messaging setting?:
"Receive our newsletter and special promotions from our partners"
BTW...There is a specific forum here for user suggestions and assistance.
Do you have this box checked in your email and messaging setting?:
"Receive our newsletter and special promotions from our partners"
BTW...There is a specific forum here for user suggestions and assistance.
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See my edited post above. Try changing your settings. I have been a member here for some 10 years and have never gotten one.
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You know how boomers get mad because they don't understand how FB works and they'll see a posted link to an article or a targeted ad and they think someone is directly sending them stuff, so they'll post in all caps TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST even though that's not really a thing?
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I have been a member here for some 15 years and received the BF spam email today.
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Moved here from General because IB reps monitor this forum.
I am going to ping IB about this as well. I didn't see the email, or maybe it's in spam, dunno.
on edit: yeah, it was in spam. That is pure quackery, I'm a little ashamed it went out under bikeforums name.
I am going to ping IB about this as well. I didn't see the email, or maybe it's in spam, dunno.
on edit: yeah, it was in spam. That is pure quackery, I'm a little ashamed it went out under bikeforums name.
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You know how boomers get mad because they don't understand how FB works and they'll see a posted link to an article or a targeted ad and they think someone is directly sending them stuff, so they'll post in all caps TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST even though that's not really a thing?
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This topic has been reported, so perhaps the techies at B.F. can sort it out.
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Hmmmmm? So much for that theory. Wonder if someone hacked BF, obtained email addresses, and is now spamming members.
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Edit: It's my Gmail account. The SPAM filter is great. I rarely get any messages in the SPAM box. When I do, it's usually not SPAM.
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I am pretty sure it's an official BF email. They are looking at it
Turns out I got this email twice. Gmail put it in spam, but Yahoo was too credulous to figure it out
Turns out I got this email twice. Gmail put it in spam, but Yahoo was too credulous to figure it out
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As a data point, I'm on my own email server on my own domain (not gmail or the like), I have no spam filtering so I see everything that comes my way. I've not seen the spam.
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Email is from bikeforums@travel.ibemail.com -- is that legit?
Maybe we're all grumpy about it because our insides need a "power-washing".
Maybe we're all grumpy about it because our insides need a "power-washing".