I got this e-mail in my spam inbox this morning from a hosting provider called "Dudrop":
I got a laugh out of seeing this on their website:
We've gained a reputation as a reliable and honest company in the last two years with most of our customers coming from referrals.
Yup. A "reputable and honest company" steals people e-mail addresses to spam and don't even give them an option to opt-out of receiving them.
I never gave them my email address, nor, did I give them permission to email me. I'm suspecting they got my email from the GVH database backup that was stolen. They seem to be a fly-by-night hosting (or as others call it here, a summer host) as the website was just put up a week ago. There's not even an unsubscribe option so there's not much I can do stop them from emailing me (except making sure they all get marked as spam).
I hope that others will see this thread before signing up with them. I mean, spamming people (without their permission) right from the start can only mean things are going to get worse for them later down the road. Also, if they're doing something that's technically illegal themselves, then they probably let their customers get away with stuff like this as well.