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Comment by ranza | Hacker News Reader

I got an email from them just because im "staring" the Meteor repo on Github... I really hate when people send me mail that i didnt signup for!

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I also received an email about this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/40aqdk5hjdm0i4y/Screenshot%202013-...

While I'm not a huge fan of people spamming email address they grabbed from Github (Yes I know I can hide my email) I have been contacted because of my GitHub account (because of activity/repos/etc) in the past and had no problem with it. I just don't like mindless spamming which this appears to be. That said where do you draw the line (and do you think this email crosses said line)? (I'm genuinely curious)

I've received similar email about possible integration with Pyramid framework last week. So I created sample package [1] but haven't got any reply yet.. Hate when people don't respond to emails. [1] https://github.com/hanula/pyramid_predictionio

I got an email like grandparent and I replied asking about licensing. They replied, but it took a a little over 2 weeks before they replied. So, they will probably reply, just not promptly.

Same, asking about suggestions in terms of best practice to integrate PredictionIO in some PHP frameworks.

If I like the product, I may open-source some plugin or wrapper around their SDK for specifics product or framework, but asking will not make it happens faster.

The project looks good, however I got this same e-mail, I was planning to test the PHP-SDK and the Python-SDK and test the product, however now I see, I was just the target of a github SPAM. =/

Got a mail also related to my experience is rails, I wanted to look into it and I still do, it is a little spammy.

I was considering replying to the email until I saw this comment and realized that it was not even tailored spam.

Depending on where the company resides it's actually illegal do this.[1]

[1] - http://www.campaignmonitor.com/guides/permission/spam/

It's not illegal in the US unless they don't provide opt-out and the various other things CAN-SPAM demands. That said, starring a repo could potentially be considered forming a relationship and relationship messages are exempt from those rules.

Yep, same here, "I noticed that you are engaged in Meteor on github".

One wonders if they are using ML to harvest/choose the spam list.

I also got an unsolicited email from them asking for feedback on the product. I didn't really mind since it is relevant to my area, but it was still a bit odd.

same to me as well just because I'd posted a few rails repo for own reference.

Add me to the list. I got the same email, except it was in regards to Rails.

People should stop doing that, I hate that trend.

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