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Richard Corn <[log in to unmask]>
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Richard Corn <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 30 Oct 1997 18:43:21 GMT
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<[log in to unmask]>,
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>
>On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Rick Clark wrote:
>> David A. Warner wrote:
>> > Here is the real email address!
>> > [log in to unmask]
>> > LARC Computing, the authors of Fantasia, in conjunction with
JetForm
>> > Corporation, is preparing a mailing that contains important
>> > information on
>> > the next version of the Fantasia software.  Customers should send
>> > their
>> > registration information to LARC Computing for verification.
>>
>>    Can anyone on the list validate this?? Is this true?
>
>I'm pretty suspicious of this e-mail. Proactive Systems, from whom *we*
bought
>Fantasia (not "LARC Computing"), was pretty serious about documenting
their
>customer accounts. JetForm *bought* Proactive Systems and I doubt they
*need*
>their customers to "verify" their customer information.

Just from personal experience, the previous line which implie the level
of business performance from Jetform, would be on par with the previous
Proactive/Fantasia organization, is an assumption...

>
>To me, it sounds like a scam to get a mailing list of Fantasia
customers for
>some competing company.
>
>Further info:
>        IGC.ORG is registered to the "Institute for Global
Communications."
>It's web page (www.igc.org) shows that the IGC is a pro-peace/human
rights/
>/ecology/labor/women's movement.
>
>Hardly a place for a commercial query from "LARC" or JetForm, which has
its own
>domain name (jetform.com).
>
>I was going to send an e-mail to igc.org to see whether this
"gorfinkel"
>account is on the level, but I have to leave for the day now. If
someone sends
>them an e-mail, please let the list know the result (if nobody does so,
then
>I'll do it tomorrow after I get the list's digest).
>
>Cheers...                       Marco Zamora

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Richard Corn                             e-mail: [log in to unmask]
RAC Consulting                            Voice: (360) 357-9572
P.O. Box 12299                              fax: (360) 352-8453
Olympia, WA. 98508 USA                      WWW: www.racc.com
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