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Subject:Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 26 Jun 1998 to 27 Jun 1998 From:"George F. Hayhoe" <george -at- GHAYHOE -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 28 Jun 1998 11:57:06 -0400
In talking about e-mail spam from BlueSky, Joy White said,
<<The rented list is probably from STC. >>
Eric Ray agreed.
Unless Society policy has changed recently, that's not the
case. STC does sell its snailmail list of members (in the
form of mailing labels only) who check off their consent to
be included in the list on their membership
applications/renewals for the current year, but it does not
sell e-mail addresses. It is possible that vendors have
gotten e-mail addresses from the STC directory, but again,
members agree to be included in that publication.
