Greetings. I've been getting reports of people receiving unsolicited commercial e-mail offers (that is, spam) apparently from the large CVS/pharmacy drugstore chain. I've started receiving these myself as well, claiming that I'm a member of their "ExtraCare" shopping "club" (I'm not) and arriving at an e-mail address that was never provided to them during any transaction or on any CVS forms or related materials (in fact, I've never provided any e-mail address to a CVS store).

While these e-mails are not coming directly from CVS (they are being distributed via delivery.net and m0.net -- these ultimately map to Digital Impact in San Mateo, CA), they appear to have been sent on behalf of CVS.

In fact, I am in contact with CVS corporate about this situation, and while they have not yet confirmed responsibility for these particular mailings, they did seem to admit that they have been conducting an ExtraCare-related e-mail campaign and that they have apparently not been verifying submitted e-mail addresses for permission before adding them to their mailing lists.

I am attempting to ascertain the full scope of this situation. If you have recently received unsolicited e-mail of this sort from CVS, I'd appreciate your letting me know with as many details as you feel comfortable providing to me.

Thanks very much.

--Lauren--

Blog Update (May 16, 2007): CVS Admits Unsolicited E-Mail to Addresses From Third-Party Service