11:24 a.m.
This is great, Ian. I will carefully share some of this info, without
any identification to you, as we move forward. The routing info is
especially controversial right now -- and might be a route to shut down
this practice. CIRA can't forbid the practice but I wonder if they could
forbid and foreign routing of such messages.
Marita
On 2025-09-26 3:04 a.m., Ian! D. Allen wrote:
My version:
To: elections(a)cira.ca
Cc: Matthew Gamble <mgamble(a)mgamble.ca>
Subject: unsolicited CIRA election email from Matthew Gamble
Hello CIRA Elections -
I recently received an unsolicited mass spam email containing USA tracking links from
board candidate Matthew Gamble.
The CIRA election page says clearly that this must not happen:
"CIRA strongly encourages members who receive the list to only contact those members
who are part of their professional and/or social circle and to refrain from sending
unsolicited mass emails to respect members’ privacy. CIRA also requires that any email
sent to members not include tracking links and that members’ information remain in
Canada."
1. I do not know Matthew Gamble. This is an unsolicited mass spam email.
2. The message contains tracking links via his personal domain mgamble.ca that is hosted
outside Canada. CIRA says no tracking, and no information outside Canada.
3. A reply to the spam email sends my name and email address outside Canada into
Google.com via the MX record for his personal domain "mgamble.ca"
This CIRA board member and candidate has broken all these CIRA rules to spam votes for
re-election.
What are the consequences?
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