Perhaps I am being a little over sensitive? Is there any guidance in this area? **Mike, I don't think you are being over sensitive, but I think you have been on Technet long enough to see some of the suppliers get well and truly roasted when their comments are perceived to wander into the Realm of Spam by some of our, how shall I say this, more reactive and zealous participants. I'm sure my friend Graham Naisbitt could write volumes on the issue. Have the death threats decreased at all Graham? There are those on this list who have zero tolerance for any product specific info, no matter how tastefully presented, and are a little too fast on the Reply key, in my opinion. Consequently, when most of us "old-hands" have product specific information, we adopt the "contact me off-line" approach. Not everyone may be interested in the response or the use of additional bandwidth, and it minimizes the hassles from the Net Nazis. In addition, the suppliers might not like what some of us users have to say, and I make enough enemies as it is. For example, you might not like what I have to say about the SIR characteristics of one of your pastes and would not like to see me spouting it out all over the net. Overall, the forum does an excellent job in the free flow of ideas and information, but is a mite sensitive when it comes to "perceived" marketing. Doug Pauls Rockwell Collins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------