scorpa3 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 The more I think about it, the more I wonder if this is a genuine email from the ACU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinell Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 it would be nice if someone posted up the headers PM'd you with the headers - might be easier to ring the ACU and ask to speak to Emma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 PM'd you with the headers - might be easier to ring the ACU and ask to speak to Emma Mail them to me too please - along with the original email. There is a certain naivety exists within Trials when it comes to Net etiquette, but as people become more and more protective of their email addresses there is a potential DPA issue here and as an avid hater of spam, if it didn't come from the ACU and they didn't sanction it then how did this third party get hold of your email addresses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Having studied the headers, it is clear that the email did originate from the ACU. However, I don't believe "spamming" was the intention. An error was obviously made where the sender used "cc" to send the email instead of "bcc" (blind carbon copy where you don't get to see who else the email has been sent to) but apart from that, it's nothing sinister. It's purely notifying members of a discount deal that has been set up - okay it's not particularly relevant to Trials, but it's better it came from them than them selling your details to third parties. I'm not a member so don't know, but do they have an opt-in/opt-out policy for "junk mail"? If not, they need one to prevent this kind of thing happening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikespace Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) I know from the email address that the list could not have been released by anyone but the acu. For instance the address I used would be acu@mydomain.com so that i can track where SPAM originates from. Nobody else would have it. Bit poor really. Not too bothered about the SPAM, but showing everybodys email address instead of masking them is all a bit amateur. Edited February 9, 2007 by bikespace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedralseth666 Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 another acu blunder, got my licence and no rule book, or does that come later with sport moto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the addict Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) Book comes later mate, got mine this morning and using it to clear snow off the van as we speak, it does have its uses Edited February 10, 2007 by Betarev3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabie Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 i'll ask about this problem up the chain of command , cheers kinell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabie Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 OK I've started asking - The ACU are banned by National Council and/or the Directors from selling the membership database, but if they are notifying you of membership benefits then they haven't broken that imposition what it does raise is the members haven't been asked the degree of email notification they would like to receive from the ACU, something I'll chase up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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