810803 - Softpedia Spams Addon-SDK Developers

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

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Description

[arky [:arky]]

Softpedia spams addon-on developers with emails to include in their Softpedia software database. Can we prevent this annoying spamming. 

Here is sample email that they send to developers. 

Congratulations,

XE Currency Converter, one of your products, has been added to Softpedia's
database of software programs for the Windows operating system. It is
featured with a description text, screenshots, download links and technical
details on this page:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Applications-Addons/Mozilla-Extensions/XE-Currency-Converter.shtml

The description text was created by our editors, using sources such as text
from your product's homepage, information from its help system, the PAD
file (if available) and the editor's own opinions on the program itself.


"XE Currency Converter" has been tested in the Softpedia labs using several
industry-leading security solutions and found to be completely clean of
adware/spyware components. We are impressed with the quality of your
product and encourage you to keep these high standards in the future.

To assure our visitors that XE Currency Converter is clean, we have granted
it with the "100% FREE" Softpedia award. To let your users know about this
certification, you may display this award on your website, on software
boxes or inside your product.

More information about your product's certification and the award is
available on this page:
http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/XE-Currency-Converter-Clean-225037.html

Feel free to link to us using the URLs above. If you choose to link to the
clean award page for your product, you may use the award graphic or a text
link: "100% FREE award granted by Softpedia".

We're also providing download mirrors for your product on our dedicated
servers. If you want to link to our download page please do so by using the
URL below:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/XE-Currency-Converter-Download-225037.html
We have some buttons (GIF format) if you want to provide an image-based
link to that page instead of a text-based one. You can download a small ZIP
archive (16KB) that contains various size formats of these buttons at the
address below:
http://www.softpedia.com/files/softpedia_download_buttons.zip


Your developer page on Softpedia can be reached at the URL below. It
contains the list of software products and a link to your website.
http://www.softpedia.com/developer/arky-78375.html

If you feel that having your product listed on Softpedia is not a benefit
for you or simply need something changed or updated, please contact us via
email at [e-mail] and we will work with you to fix any
problem you may have found with the product's listing.

Comment 1

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

If you make your email address public on AMO or elsewhere, you're likely to receive similar messages every now and then. This happens to all developers, not only the ones working with the SDK.

The only solution is to keep your email address hidden, but I wouldn't recommend that if that's the only way you provide support for your users.

Comment 2

[arky [:arky]]

Thanks for catching that!