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Isn't Dropbox Violating the CAN-SPAM Act with This Email?
This is a spam tactic trying to sell me storage. The CAN-SPAM Act prohibits deceptive email practices, including misleading subject lines. If "RE:" falsely implies a prior conversation, it could...
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIVery lowbrow and annoying.
So disable them.
However, lots of people do find them helpful - in fact one of the most common complaints on here is people who haven't been getting these emails and didn't realise it wasn't syncing and so lost data when a HDD crashed or reformatted and didn't check what had/hadnt sync'd etc.
Dropbox should stop using spam tactics that users find offensive.
- Rich
It's not a spam tactic. You're overreaching. And while RE: is used mostly to mean reply or response, it also means regarding or in regards to, and when used while starting a conversation it's the latter that is typically being conferred. In other words, the email is in regards to the following topic.
You're subscribed top a service and you're receiving a notification regarding the operating of that service as it pertains to your account. It's not spam.
