Netters,

I think there's two issues here being discussed under the same heading.

#1 I posted a query here last week, when I received SPAM from someone
     who had harvested my address off this list. Turns out, based on
     mail from other Technetters,  that  he/she ("Micro/Mega Solutions")
      blanketed the earth with unsolicited mail, advertizing a service.
     The key word here is "unsolicited"... this was SPAM, and is not
     a good thing.

#2. If I have posted a question to the group asking for help on an issue,
     and a consultant answered me off, or on-line,  I think that's
     a valid contact, since the inquiry was solicited, and not just
     a mass-marketing ploy.

#1 is a Bad Thing  IMHO, whereas #2 is the reason I post to this
     austute group!

     Rgds,
     /John

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