Abd-ul Rahman,
I was just wondering if anybody else was getting these calls. I was
trying to narrow down where they had gotten my info including direct phone
number, so I suspected it was from the forum. That's all, a simple enquiry.
I wasn't saying this was spam, it just tied in to our earlier thread(s).
Brad Velander,
Lead PCB Designer,
Norsat International Inc.,
#300 - 4401 Still Creek Dr.,
Burnaby, B.C., V5C 6G9.
Tel. (604) 292-9089 direct
Fax (604) 292-9010
website www.norsat.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:27 PM
> To: Open Topic Forum
> Subject: Re: [OT] Anybody getting cold calls from Adaptive Circuits or
> something si milar?
>
>
> (1) cold calling is not spam. It takes a human being and
> therefore it is
> relatively expensive and therefore it needs to be more restrained and
> better targeted than spam, which is inherently a matter of
> indiscriminate
> broadcast, a true social evil. I *wish* I only received as
> much spam as I
> receive junk mail....
>
> (2) Mr. Velander's company address is in his signature and
> therefore it is
> shown with his posts in the archives of this list, which are web
> accessible. Yahoogroups will restrict access to the *from*
> address, but if
> it is in the signature, the address is kept, how else could it be?
>
> I don't recall if the Techserv archive conceals user
> addresses but it, too,
> will keep an address in the text.
>
> It is really easy to scan archives for "@" to glean e-mail
> addresses and,
> in this case, the company name, mailing address, fax, and
> direct phone
> number are conveniently there.
>
> I don't take offense at cold calls because taking offense is
> much more
> burden than simply letting it pass, and, besides, it is rude
> and I too make
> cold calls in selling design services. Only very rarely has
> anyone seemed
> to be upset that I was calling them. If the company name and
> phone number
> are published, they are fair game.
>
> As to genuine spam, however, perhaps the spammers are lucky I
> can't reach
> them. Certainly I will support civil and perhaps even
> criminal penalties
> for spamming.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Abdulrahman Lomax
> Easthampton, Massachusetts USA
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