>I could use a little feedback on what others think about receiving un-solicited email. I should start out by saying I am probably the first one on the block to hate working through junk email several times a day.
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>However.... if you have a software product that is geared toward a particular industry group, is it really that 'offensive' to send a couple of people within the company a MAX of one email offering your product and services? In other words, if you don't: 1) call them or 2) send them a snail mail or 3) visit them in person or 4) send an email, they will never know about the product and services.
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>I'm personally not offended by getting an occasional email offer such as this - its just all the 100's of offers to work at home, etc., etc., etc., that drive me nuts.
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>I am asking here - as I don't want to offend the company(s) so much that I might lose their business in the future.
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>Thanks for any general thoughts, comments, etc.

The definition of SPAM varies from one person to another. For example, I know someone that says that any unsollicitated email is a SPAM. So, that means, any email from someone that I don't know and that I never requested is unsollicitated, thus SPAM. This is pretty rough as far as definition goes.

Some others will say that a SPAM is a SPAM if they hate the email. But, the same email received at someone else would be ok.

Some others will say that if the email is sent from someone in the same business as the them, such as someone here, a vendor, who will announce his event, it'd be ok. Some others will simply jump in the air.

Some others will say that if the email is about a product they like, it's not. But, receiving an email about advertising something that they never used and don't want to hear about it, it'd be a SPAM.

So, this definition is extremely large from one individual to another. The same goes for any entity in this area who are sending or fighting them.