Are you doing this?

I have noticed a lot lately that I may sign up for "Bubba's Internet Marketing Essentials" and as such I expect to receive offers from Bubba and company. Yet on the very same day or at least within the first week, I receive countless offers from Bubbette, Bubay, Baboy and many others "associated with" Bubba. While this may be an extreme oversimplification, if I submit my name to your mailing list under your name and I receive an email from your company, I consider it to be spam as I cannot be expected to know this is your company name. (Especially true when your company name is nothing like the name of the list I signed up for) Likewise, if I submit my approval to receive emails from your company and I receive emails from a bunch of people (who may be legitimately a part of your company name but) whom I do not know or recognize, I am going to assume that it is spam and mark it as such. Your little reassurance that I can unsubscribe gives me no incentive to click a link to unsubscribe to an email from a name I do not recognize and whose name I have never expected to receive an email from. Even on a linux box, I am wary of viruses and if you are marketing under one name, please keep it under that name for all of the emails you send me. If I sign up for Bubba, I expect emails from Bubba and emails from XYZ corporation do not get my attention but only make me think that someone ... maybe even "Bubba" ... is selling or sharing my name.

/Rant