Comments on: A Puzzling Email from Jigsaw http://redpillemail.com/blog/2008/a-puzzling-email-from-jigsaw.html Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Caldwell http://redpillemail.com/blog/2008/a-puzzling-email-from-jigsaw.html/comment-page-1#comment-5706 John Caldwell Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:41:17 +0000 http://redpillemail.com/blog/?p=145#comment-5706 @Curtis - Unfortunately your theory doesn't take their business model into consideration. Someone - for whatever reason - added you to the Jigsaw database. While I won't defend Jigsaw or their ilk for spamming people that have not given their direct permission to receive email, I have seen no evidence of any sort of harvesting or dictionary attacks. @Curtis – Unfortunately your theory doesn’t take their business model into consideration.

Someone – for whatever reason – added you to the Jigsaw database. While I won’t defend Jigsaw or their ilk for spamming people that have not given their direct permission to receive email, I have seen no evidence of any sort of harvesting or dictionary attacks.

]]> By: Curtis http://redpillemail.com/blog/2008/a-puzzling-email-from-jigsaw.html/comment-page-1#comment-5705 Curtis Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:15:09 +0000 http://redpillemail.com/blog/?p=145#comment-5705 It's my theory that these are phishing emails- meaning you are not added to their list until you click the link. I just received one myself, I will ignore it and post again if I see another email. It’s my theory that these are phishing emails- meaning you are not added to their list until you click the link. I just received one myself, I will ignore it and post again if I see another email.

]]> By: Rachel http://redpillemail.com/blog/2008/a-puzzling-email-from-jigsaw.html/comment-page-1#comment-3003 Rachel Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:40:31 +0000 http://redpillemail.com/blog/?p=145#comment-3003 I just received a similar email from jigsaw (which is how I found your post here). I have to tell you that the email listed with jigsaw is brand new -- I've only had it for 6 weeks and it'll be closed out within a week because I'm temporary faculty and my position is now over. Only students and other faculty even know to use this email -- I don't use it for anything else. So, how did jigsaw pick it up so quickly when I haven't listed it anywhere at all for any reference. Like you, I shouldn't care -- just opt out or in my case let it go since the email account will be closed soon anyway, but I can't. I purposely make sure to keep my email addresses off lists and still it happens. Plus, as you said, they don't make it easy to get off their list. I just received a similar email from jigsaw (which is how I found your post here). I have to tell you that the email listed with jigsaw is brand new — I’ve only had it for 6 weeks and it’ll be closed out within a week because I’m temporary faculty and my position is now over. Only students and other faculty even know to use this email — I don’t use it for anything else. So, how did jigsaw pick it up so quickly when I haven’t listed it anywhere at all for any reference. Like you, I shouldn’t care — just opt out or in my case let it go since the email account will be closed soon anyway, but I can’t. I purposely make sure to keep my email addresses off lists and still it happens. Plus, as you said, they don’t make it easy to get off their list.

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