Jeff Bezos used to do this. Was fairly
effective until the marketroids started
writing the emails instead of Jeff. It's
tough to fake sincerity.
On Fri, 19 Jul 2002
alandd@mindspring.com wrote:
> Yes, I got one. I posted a note about it last night. I opted-in to get more
> via Kmail and Konqueror. :^P
>
> Interesting marketing angle, "The executives of MS care about you so believe
> in us."
>
> Alan
>
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:01:53 -0700 dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com wrote:
>
> Is anyone else getting an email from Bill Gates
> BillGates@chairman.microsoft.com offerning to keep you up to date
> via "executive e-mail"?
>
> Looks legitimate. Originally Received: from delivery.pens.microsoft.com
> ([207.46.239.121]) ARIN Whois shows that as a genuine M$ address.
>
> I wonder if my return mails will simply go to /dev/null?
>
> Dennis Kibbe
>
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