Email from Justine

[hollyisalovelyname]

I got an email purporting go be from Justine Roberts ( Is she not a wonderful co- founder of Mumsnet?)
Is this email kosher?
I didn't open it .

[fuzzywuzzy]

I think I did too, it was to answer a questionnaire or summat

[hollyisalovelyname]

I didn't open it so I don't know. I think there were 'books' in the title. Please could MNHQ confirm it was legitimate (or not, which means all our names etc have been hacked) .Personally I thought it was dodgy- why would Justine email me?

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello. Yes, please don't worry - it was legitimate.

We've been sending some of our newsletters "from" Justine, as an experiment

[hollyisalovelyname]

I personally would prefer if you didn't

[hollyisalovelyname]

Helen why the experiment?

[KnittedWaffle]

I was disappointed to find that, despite receiving an email directly from Ann McIntyre @ MNHQ, I hadn't actually won a competition . . .

[HelenMumsnet]

@hollyisalovelyname

Helen why the experiment?

I think our Tech team were wondering if more people would open them if they came from Justine.

Obviously not in your case

[HelenMumsnet]

@KnittedWaffle

I was disappointed to find that, despite receiving an email directly from Ann McIntyre @ MNHQ, I hadn't actually won a competition . . .

Oh no, how annoying! She lovely, though, that Ann: you couldn't have been disappointed by a nicer person.

[KatieScarlett2833]

I would open if from you Helen ( big sook) mwa x

[HelenMumsnet]

@KatieScarlett

I would open if from you Helen ( big sook) mwa x

Aw.

Do you think I should suggest that?

[KatieScarlett2833]

Absolutely

[ShaggingZumbaStylee]

I thought it was spam too! Sorry!

[Ruprekt]

I want an email from Justine.

[IamtheZombie]

Zombie runs off to check the email account associated with MN. She has her fingers and toes crossed.

[IamtheZombie]

Zombie sobs and reattaches her fingers and toes.

[MmeLindor]

I thought I was SPECIAL, and that it was cause MNHQ luffs me that they got Justine to email me.

I thought I was on The List of Favourite MNetters

Now I see it was a marketing ploy to get me to open an email, and I am distraught.

Might have to go and eat a brownie to console myself...

[RoooneyMara]

I seem to have Olivia Vandyk in my email contacts and it's been there for years and I Don't Know WHY.

[Panzee]

I thought this was a stealth boast thread :o

[HelenMumsnet]

@MmeLindor

I thought I was SPECIAL, and that it was cause MNHQ luffs me that they got Justine to email me.

I thought I was on The List of Favourite MNetters

Now I see it was a marketing ploy to get me to open an email, and I am distraught.

Might have to go and eat a brownie to console myself...

Ah but did it work?

[MmeLindor]

It did.

I tend to open all your emails, except the MN recommends when I am feeling a bit skint. [swot]

[bryonywhisker]

I thought it was phishing type spam too as Justine would be far too busy to be sending out mails

[lougle]

Speaking of emails, if I report a post, I sometimes get an email back saying

"Hi , thanks for reporting that thread....."

I find it a bit disconcerting that I'm being addressed by my real name, rather than my username. Not that my identity is secret - I share enough on here to identify me and I never share anything I wouldn't want to 'follow' me. It's just that MN gives anonymity to users.

[NandH]

Off to check my emails

[NandH]

No email for me :(

[EduCated]

lougle I signed up with a false name so that confuses me even more when I open up