RE: Search400.com mining names from Midrange -L? and all I got was this lousy tee shirt

I should mention that part of the reason people stare at me when I wear mine
is that it is eye-catching in a way that some people wouldn't like. <g> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stone, Brad V (TC OASIS) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 1:23 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Search400.com mining names from Midrange -L?
> 
> 
> The reason I ask is I know I didn't subscribe to it for my 
> work address
> here.  I did however subscribe with my yahoo account to 
> receive the free
> t-shirt (which I have yet to see hide or hair of).
> 
> The funny thing is is this quote:
> "You're receiving this email because you've been chosen to 
> receive a free
> trial to Search400.com's weekly AS/400 DevTips service."
> 
> This tells me that I am not on the list, but am being made 
> aware of the
> site.  (I am aware of it, I've got a link from my 
> BVSTools.com site.  I like
> the site.)
> 
> I guess I was just wondering if anyone who specifically knows 
> that they
> didn't subscribe got it.  I got a mail from them saying they 
> don't mine
> anywhere for email addresses, including newsgoups I would 
> suspect.  But I
> don't use this email anywhere but internally and on this 
> list, so I have no
> idea where they could have gotten it from.  
> 
> They still claim they don't mine.  How else could they have 
> got my email
> address here?  I don't even put it in my sig!  Oh well.  I 
> better get three
> t-shirts for this!  :)
> 
> Bradley V. Stone 
> BVS/Tools
> http://www.bvstools.com
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