Starting about a month ago, I began receiving Unsolicited Commercial Email to an address unique to my AAW membership listing. After a 2nd spammer also began emailing me a few days ago I'm convinced someone is either pilfering addresses from the AAW Member database/directory or the AAW has chosen to offer that information to vendors without being particularly clear to members about it. My suspicions lean more toward the former than the latter.
If there's anything good about this, it's coming from woodturning related vendors--for now, anyway--and the spamming vendors are using bulk email companies whose "unsubscribe" links are IMO likely to be honored, although I haven't tested that yet.
Neither business's owners (nor any employees mentioned within the emails) show up in the Membership list--therefore no online access--and the General Privacy Policy (1 of 2 Privacy Policy pages on the AAW web site) mentions use of email that essentially indicates it'll only be used for AAW related purposes and not shared with outside parties.
Has anyone else noticed lately new email coming from woodturning vendors you haven't done business with or exchanged info at a symposium?
If there's anything good about this, it's coming from woodturning related vendors--for now, anyway--and the spamming vendors are using bulk email companies whose "unsubscribe" links are IMO likely to be honored, although I haven't tested that yet.
Neither business's owners (nor any employees mentioned within the emails) show up in the Membership list--therefore no online access--and the General Privacy Policy (1 of 2 Privacy Policy pages on the AAW web site) mentions use of email that essentially indicates it'll only be used for AAW related purposes and not shared with outside parties.
Has anyone else noticed lately new email coming from woodturning vendors you haven't done business with or exchanged info at a symposium?