Evite
For those of you who have email accounts at somniloquy.org, I probably should have told you long ago: somniloquy.org does not permit email from the Evite corporation. All Evites are returned to sender.
There are a number of reasons for this:
- Evite does not permit a way for users to opt out of receiving any email whatsover from them. Sure, I can opt out of receiving Evites from Joe-Jackass about his grade school reunion, but what if I never want to receive any email whatsoever from these jerks? There's no way to prevent it.
- Evite places remote images in its emails. This means they are tracking whether or not you open an Evite, and keeping a record of it.
- Evite has twice been the subject of lawsuits because they allegedly sold email addresses of their users to spammers.
- Evite is big business. They're owned by IAC, who also owns Expedia, Ticketmaster, Match.com, and Ask Jeeves, to mention just a few.
- I was sick of receiving shitloads of worthless email regarding some asshole's party in Queens or Brooklyn or Jersey or wherever, and felt like my inbox was being held hostage by it (see point 1: no opting out).
Sorry if this inconveniences you. But that's the way it's going to be.