[ranza]

I got an email from them just because im "staring" the Meteor repo on Github... I really hate when people send me mail that i didnt signup for!

[joshstrange]

I also received an email about this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/40aqdk5hjdm0i4y/Screenshot%202013-...

While I'm not a huge fan of people spamming email address they grabbed from Github (Yes I know I can hide my email) I have been contacted because of my GitHub account (because of activity/repos/etc) in the past and had no problem with it. I just don't like mindless spamming which this appears to be. That said where do you draw the line (and do you think this email crosses said line)? (I'm genuinely curious)

[hanula]

I've received similar email about possible integration with Pyramid framework last week. So I created sample package [1] but haven't got any reply yet.. Hate when people don't respond to emails. [1] https://github.com/hanula/pyramid_predictionio

[dkersten]

I got an email like grandparent and I replied asking about licensing. They replied, but it took a a little over 2 weeks before they replied. So, they will probably reply, just not promptly.

[Damin0u]

Same, asking about suggestions in terms of best practice to integrate PredictionIO in some PHP frameworks.

If I like the product, I may open-source some plugin or wrapper around their SDK for specifics product or framework, but asking will not make it happens faster.

[nakovet]

The project looks good, however I got this same e-mail, I was planning to test the PHP-SDK and the Python-SDK and test the product, however now I see, I was just the target of a github SPAM. =/

[CalinBalauru]

Got a mail also related to my experience is rails, I wanted to look into it and I still do, it is a little spammy.

[devonbarrett]

I was considering replying to the email until I saw this comment and realized that it was not even tailored spam.

[mbesto]

Depending on where the company resides it's actually illegal do this.[1]

[1] - http://www.campaignmonitor.com/guides/permission/spam/

[petercooper]

It's not illegal in the US unless they don't provide opt-out and the various other things CAN-SPAM demands. That said, starring a repo could potentially be considered forming a relationship and relationship messages are exempt from those rules.

[daw___]

Yep, same here, "I noticed that you are engaged in Meteor on github".

[RogerL]

One wonders if they are using ML to harvest/choose the spam list.

[mumrah]

I also got an unsolicited email from them asking for feedback on the product. I didn't really mind since it is relevant to my area, but it was still a bit odd.

[yla92]

same to me as well just because I'd posted a few rails repo for own reference.

[rickyc091]

Add me to the list. I got the same email, except it was in regards to Rails.

[pablasso]

People should stop doing that, I hate that trend.