>I agree. I don't care that it's one email: I didn't ask to be mailed their info, they clearly got my name from someone's list, and I have added them to my "junk email" list. That is spam in my book.

I don't actually know where Russ got his list, but it's not unheard of for Microsoft to supply conference organizers with the list of registered VFP developers. Would you consider one message sent to that list spam?

On a similar note, Microsoft also will give a user group information about registered users in their geographic area. Is an email from a user group for a product you've registered telling you about the next meeting spam?

Tamar