PlusOne - Musings of a marketer

I think this may be a scam. I have never have a Telstra internet account.

Anyone else have experience with it?

Here is a story about it, but does not answer the question - why are they sending it to non-Telstra (Bigpond) customers

Dear Telstra Member,

This is a reminder that from 1st of November 2005, we will begin deleting emails in your WebMail inbox, Sent Items and Deleted Items folders that are older than 120 days (older than the 4th of July 2005).

Under Telstra.com’s Terms of Use we may delete mail that is older than 120 days. We do this to free-up storage space and assist the smooth operation of your Telstra.com WebMail service.

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