"Feedback" Marketing [update]

Last week I posted regarding an e-mail I received that I suspected was a creative new way to word spam. Well, it seems, as I thought I might be, that I was wrong. I've since been in further contact with the author of that e-mail (who wishes to remain anonymous) and must say that the original e-mail was not spam but an honest contact. I have since apologized for my skepticism and do so publicly again here.