If you're not running, if you're sharing it with your friends/your own corporation, that's one thing and that's allowed. Mass mailing to everyone you see is quite another. The GM's will use their discretion when dealing with reported cases of spamming as you mention.

So what's the limit? Every second person you see? One person per system? Every character you see that has a stupid name?

And why are CSM candidates allowed to do something that the average eve player isn't? Aren't they supposed to be representative of the general eve population?

He spammed me and Vile Rat both, too. :cripes:

Soooooo

evemail spamming is legit?

Waiting for the first Scams to get massmailed to everyone. Its not that much of tech (evewho + webscript) this will be amusing.

Such things certainly can't be changed during the middle of an election.

But this is the first time somebody has ever tried this?

When Test Alliance Please Ignore TCU'd unclaimed systems in delve during an extended downtime the GMs removed them even though using extended downtime was an accepting and oft used tactic to online structures without resistance. That rule change was made after many years of precedent.

Surely GMs could change the rules after one such incident?

And wouldn't it be unfair for candidates in future elections to be denied what has been done in this election? The candidate in question has spread his name far and wide and will be recognised by many in the next election even if this practice is banned.

But this is the first time somebody has ever tried this?

When Test Alliance Please Ignore TCU'd unclaimed systems in delve during an extended downtime the GMs removed them even though using extended downtime was an accepting and oft used tactic to online structures without resistance. That rule change was made after many years of precedent.

Surely GMs could change the rules after one such incident?

And wouldn't it be unfair for candidates in future elections to be denied what has been done in this election? The candidate in question has spread his name far and wide and will be recognised by many in the next election even if this practice is banned.

Changing the rules on the types of advertising that are allowed mid election would give an unfair advantage to those who have already advertised in that way. I can certainly see why people would be unhappy with large amounts of mails being received but it would be against the democratic process to disallow it now.

This wasn't the first time mass mailing of characters has been done in a CSM election. This has taken place as part of every election so far, at times as much as this (in the case of some of the early elections). I'm absolutely open to and would be happy to see a discussion on if this should be allowed for the next election.

And how did he got the names from cancelled accounts? Magic?

Almost everyone from Brick got the spam too. I think he looks at final blows from killmails. That would explain why so many Bricks got mail.... Looking kinda desperate. I still endorse him though, shame on me

When did mass mailing become spam? Just show me on the doll where trebor touched you. ITT people are the dumb.

When did mass mailing become spam? Just show me on the doll where trebor touched you. ITT people are the dumb.

An electronic message is "spam" if (A) the recipient's personal identity and context are irrelevant because the message is equally applicable to many other potential recipients; AND (B) the recipient has not verifiably granted deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable permission for it to be sent.

Spam is an issue about consent, not content. Whether the Unsolicited Bulk Email ("UBE") message is an advert, a scam, ****, a begging letter or an offer of a free lunch, the content is irrelevant - if the message was sent unsolicited and in bulk then the message is spam.

I have checked with Lead GM Grimmi regarding this

On the condition that the same users aren't being spammed repeatedly (receiving the same message several times on the same character), sending messages like this for the purpose of campaigning is considered legitimate. Any other candidates that wish to campaign by sending messages, as long as those messages themselves abide by the EULA/ToS, are free to do so.

I have made a blog posting explaining what I did and why. I hope it helps clarify matters.

I am enjoying some of the speculation as to my methods, but really guys, you're overthinking it. All that is required is some planning and elbow grease.

yeah, right, you put in several thousand of names manually.

I hate spam as much as the next guy (in fact I am most definitely NOT voting for anyone who resorts to spam to gain attention), but it is quite easy to copy+pasta. Especially if you have a bit of scripting knowledge which can assemble the names into a comma delimited format. Then all you have to do is copy+pasta by hand twice for each mass mail.

i dont think it accepts a few thousand addresses in one copy+paste ;)

To: Aisha Kropotkin, Alexila Quant, Anakin Pubcrawler, Andrew DuLac, Aria Jenneth, Aris Tarchos, Beltze Sorgin, Casper Deeson, Charlotte The Harlot, Chesrie, Col Entreri, Cord Binchiette, darkos legion, Delkana Fox, Drachen Guard, Duke Neutem, Firekarm, Hazel Starr, herbal longtoke, Jagan Matri, Jonas Kyramir, Joseph Juneau, Khurt DeLandcourt, Kitsune Tsuki, Leitharos Rosselem, Maedeline Thiesant, Mallikanth, Mensche, Mona Dire, Ninja kReX kyle, Pampari, Pious XII, Primal Cause, Raceleader, Raisam, Rattus Norwegius, RazorKat, Riapsed Alvilla, Sesshru, Spawne32, Sragir, T'noa, Taedrin, Tyr Aeron, Utremi Fasolasi, Vestri Nex, Vinfandel, Yua Tamulin,

I have checked with Lead GM Grimmi regarding this

On the condition that the same users aren't being spammed repeatedly (receiving the same message several times on the same character), sending messages like this for the purpose of campaigning is considered legitimate. Any other candidates that wish to campaign by sending messages, as long as those messages themselves abide by the EULA/ToS, are free to do so.