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Subject:Re: Anon and other list restrictions From:"Huber, Mike" <Mike -dot- Huber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 25 Sep 1995 11:14:16 -0600
How's this for an example:
The company where I work has organized Tech Comms under a
classification that, if I were a customer, I would find reduced the
credibility of the documents. This seems a perfect forum to
discuss the situation, but I don't want to air the internal structure
of my company in public.
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From: Matt Ion[SMTP:mion -at- nextlevel -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 1995 7:52 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list TEC
Subject: Re: Anon and other list restrictions
On Wed, 20 Sep 1995 15:36:00 -0400 you wrote:
Umm, Paul... funny I should read this immediately after writing my reply
to
Dick. Tell me, what kind of ON-TOPIC post could you possibly need to
make to
this list that would require you hide your identity? If it ain't good
enough
for you to stand behind with your name, it's probably not good enough to
be
broadcast publicly on this list.