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Comment by forgotpwtomain | Hacker News Reader

Anyone asserting that mailchimp is not 'spam' is lying through their teeth..

I occasionally receive spam via MC, which I then forward to MC's abuse desk along with a polite note. Every time they have responded quickly and effectively. (Don't forget to tell them that their efforts are appreciated - they do a hard job, and they like attaboys.)

It's why I don't blacklist MC; in my experience they are trustworthy, and bulk mail does have limited, legitimate use.

Not 100% of it. Email is a public utility and people use it in different ways.

I resemble that remark...

I use MailChimp to keep in touch with customers. They love it.

s/resemble/resent

I think I used it correctly. I assert that MailChimp is not spam :D

I ignored the rest of it.

Resemble: have qualities or features, especially those of appearance, in common with (someone or something); look or seem like: some people resemble their dogs | they seemed to resemble each other closely.

Resent: feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person): she resented the fact that I had children.

I think the second one fits better, you resent that the parent poster called MailChimp "spam"

"I resemble that remark" is a common English language expression used humorously as a play on the sound similarity of "resent" and "resemble."

What the other guy said.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IResembleThatRema...

Mailchimp is also mandrillapp. I use that and I do not spam.

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