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Post by Tanker on Oct 5, 2014 20:44:14 GMT -5
I received two emails from a Craig Morehead and have included one of them below. I do not know him and have NO idea how he got my email address. He sent this email to over 160 people and didn't use Bcc exposing everyones email addresses. I'm very ticked off about this.   Does anyone know who he is and how he got the email addresses?? On 10/5/14 5:17 PM, cdmorehead@.com wrote: > We are putting together a short film clip for an Ad/Commercial for an event next year. Obviously centered around WWII and looking to do an active combat scene(s) tied together. we have a sherman tank, a halftrack, a couple of jeeps all american and looking for some german vehicle availability if possible. > Im trying to see if there is any interest by any of your groups. This is not a public event. Not tied to a specific battle either. professional pyro being used for film effect. we are in the beginning planning stage so there is no schedule as of yet. Im thinking spring is going to be the target for shooting and will plan over a weekend. No pay except vehicle transport but you will get a copy of a professionally edited short. > Craig Morehead |
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william03
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Post by william03 on Oct 6, 2014 15:07:45 GMT -5
I had the same question so I emailed him back and asked, his reply was "Lockport reenactment organization".
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Post by Tanker on Oct 6, 2014 15:49:53 GMT -5
Does that mean the Lockport Park District or Rich Russo??
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Post by Tanker on Oct 6, 2014 16:07:08 GMT -5
I left a voicemail at the Lockport Township Park District and sent an email to Rich Russo. I'll see if I get a reply. Passing on participants email addresses and then sending out a mass email with everyone's email address in view for all to see is as bogus as it gets!!
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william03
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Meadville
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Post by william03 on Oct 6, 2014 17:25:32 GMT -5
to answer your first question, I don't know.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 7, 2014 9:59:12 GMT -5
I just spoke to Pam at the Lockport Township Park District and she said that they didn't pass on the email addresses as they don't have the reenactor's addresses. I have not received a reply from Rich Russo.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 12, 2014 17:30:22 GMT -5
Just got another email from this guy and he still doesn't have the courtesy of using Bcc and instead exposes everyone's email address to over 160 people!!
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Post by Kirby on Oct 13, 2014 19:49:29 GMT -5
I wonder if he's getting the email addresses from the HRS website.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 13, 2014 21:18:36 GMT -5
Not possible. He has been able to get email addresses from "the organizer of the Lockport reenactment organization" as stated in a previous post. My email address is not on the HRS website. I have been unable to contact Rich Russo who organized the Lockport event.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 27, 2014 17:09:55 GMT -5
I sent Mr Morehead an email asking how he got my email address. He replied that he would take me off his email list, BUT he ignored my question asking who gave him the email addresses of over 160 people. If anyone knows and would rather not post here, you can send me a PM and I'll keep your ID confidential.
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Post by retro-roco on Oct 27, 2014 20:34:19 GMT -5
One of his recent messages included the statement
Apparently if somebody asks nicely and/or has a convincing spiel, they can get our contact info handed over to them... I registered for Lockport, but ended up not going due to a last minute schedule change. I still received three messages from Mr. Morehead about an "ad/commercial". Curious to know who or what this ad/commercial is being created for.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 27, 2014 20:50:21 GMT -5
OK. He's completely new to reenacting, hijacks our email addresses and sends out a mass email and doesn't have the courtesy of putting our email addresses in "Bcc" to protect our email addresses. How not to make friends in the reenactor community!!
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Post by markatctc on Oct 27, 2014 21:25:44 GMT -5
I worked with the Lockport event and there were only three people who had access to the list, plus the Park people. None of them gave names out. In comparing the two, there are some Lockport names on the emails that went out ( I also received them) but not all the names were on the Lockport list. There were also people on the Lockport list that did not get an email from this guy. I will still keep looking for this guy and try to find out where he got the names.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 27, 2014 21:56:15 GMT -5
Thanks Mark! I really want to get to the bottom of this! I've been working on this for several weeks and have received multiple dead ends. This situation needs to be corrected so it doesn't happen to anyone else.
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Post by Tanker on Oct 27, 2014 22:21:56 GMT -5
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Post by Tanker on Oct 28, 2014 9:17:24 GMT -5
I received the following email from Mr Morehead. Funny that Russo told me that he didn't pass on our email addresses!
On 10/28/14 7:35 AM, cdmorehead@aol.com wrote:
> I first spoke with rich russo about this after lockport and expressed interest in doing an event in my area in northern indiana. I asked if there was any information on contacting the some of the groups that were there because it was so impressive ( that was the first reenactment ive ever been too). I later received a spreadsheet that was from melissa lenczewski through rich russo but it was to my yahoo mail "wwiishermantank". This was all meant to just plan another small reenactment but also do some film clip close shots for pyrotech effect. I have removed your name from the list and you wont receive any further emails. I think Rich was just helping me out and certainly didnt intend for there to be any fallout over unsolicited emailing that generated from me.
> Craig
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Post by Tanker on Nov 3, 2014 21:25:35 GMT -5
I did a search and found the following regarding not using Bcc when emailing a group of people in case anyone is interested: BCC for Privacy! Please don't put my email address in the To or CC fields of messages being sent to people I don't know! Please protect email addresses as you would phone numbers -- unlisted phone numbers. BCC stands for "Blind Carbon Copy." Historically, it would indicate who had received (or should receive) a copy of a memo without being listed in the "To" or "CC" fields. In the context of email, it indicates who should receive a copy of the email without being listed in the headers. If you're sending email to a number of people who do not (or should not) know each other, it is courteous to conceal their email addresses by using BCC. Many people are protective of their email addresses. They don't care to receive email from random people on the net. Perhaps you've decided your clever joke, worthy cause, or business announcement was worth sending to them. You've also sent their email address to everyone else on the mailing. Look at it another way, would you send your entire holiday card list out with each card you sent? Of course, some people would not like getting the list and others would not appreciate being on the list being sent everyone. And if you're in business, would you think of giving away your contact list? That's what you're doing by including everyone in the To or CC fields. And some recipients of your mailing might consider everyone else on your list interested in similar mailings and feel free to use the list themselves. Viruses and spam-bots are now designed to go through mail files and address books looking for potential addresses. Sending a single message individually addressed to a large list of people increases the chances that they all will be spammed or sent a virus should any one of them get infected. Out of respect for your recipients, would you please consider not listing them each individually in your mailings? If your "mailing list" is personal, you can just use BCC for all the names. (You can send it To yourself.) If it's a more business oriented list, why not make it an official mailing list at your site and use the alias rather than including everyone's name and email address in the headers? You can set up free mailing lists at Google Groups or Yahoo! Groups. To protect your list from abuse, you still may wish to BCC it. www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/bcc-for-privacy.html |
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Post by Tanker on Nov 4, 2014 16:22:10 GMT -5
Am I the only one that feels that if a mass email is sent out, that the email addresses be put into Bcc and not the To or CC fields? Rich Russo hasn't heard from anyone else on this and he thinks that I'm the only one concerned about this.
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Post by doc101 on Nov 4, 2014 18:19:36 GMT -5
It's really not an issue.
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dbloge
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Post by dbloge on Nov 5, 2014 22:25:33 GMT -5
I sounds like the guy apologized. I dont think he should be strung up for this unwise decision. He did not make alot of friends thats for sure. Life goes on though.
DL
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