You know, before this dies, there's one thing I want to point out. I contacted those FoxEssential folks immediately after I received the... uh, whatever it was... let's call it an "uninvited mass-generated electronic correspondence"... and received an immediate, polite, pleasant "didn't mean to offend" email.
I don't want anyone to leave with the impression that I have some particular gripe with Russ and company above and beyond the very specific issue at hand -- I don't.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. - Bertrand Russell