Thanks for all the discussion on email address lists. It would be against 
IPC policy to publish the list of email addresses on TechNet. This policy 
is historically based on the interests expressed by the users of IPC's 
email forums.

Regards
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On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Kerry Grimes wrote:

> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > 
> > On 21 January, Jan wrote:
> > 
> > > Wouldn't it be a good idea to put together a list of all E-mail
> > > addresses and company names of those who subscribe to this Forum??
> > 
> > > just a thought...
> > 
> > > Jan Merstrand
> > > Wave Soldering Technician
> > > Ericsson Microwave Systems AB
> > 
> > Well, if this were an automated mailing list (a majordomo server or listserv
> > server) we could just send a email to the server, give it a command like: whois
> > technet, or review technet, and it would spit back a email with everybody's
> > email address that was subscribed to Technet on it.
> > 
> > BUT, since the Technet is a moderated mailing list (a human being runs it,
> > Dmitriy Sklyar to be exact) you need to ask him for it. He should be able to
> > tell the technet server to put a list together of all the subscribers to
> > Technet. I'd send him a email and ask...
> > 
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> People have e-mail addresses and expect and deserve that they will be
> used for direct communication by folks they intend to hear from.  While
> folks with a commercial bent will capture the addresses from a forum
> like TechNet and use them for the wrong purpose it not too different
> from getting junk mail at home.  
> 
> I must say that after nearly one year of being on the "air" every day
> for many hours I have never gotten one commercial e-mail advertisment
> from any communications with TechNet or any other forum.  That speaks
> well for those who visit the TechNet regularly.
> 
> On our site we offer a searchable PCB manufacturing people e-mail
> directory.  Totally volantary and the e-mail address never shows to
> anyone.  If a person wants to send mail to an individual that is all
> they get.  There is no way to do a broadcast from our e-mail data base
> and that was by design because of all the complaints of abuse by service
> providers.
> 
> I personally do not support a published e-mail listing as it just
> creates the potential of abuse.  Some folks just don't have the self
> disapline to honor the nature of the TechNet or any other forum.  If
> people want to get lots of advertising they should sign up on a
> commercial service that "Sells" their list.  I doubt that the IPC will
> ever do that.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kerry Grimes
> Kerry Grimes
> 
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