Re: RADSAFE "Netiquette"

[Wes Van Pelt <VanPeltW@idt.net>]

Jim F. Herrold wrote:
> 
> This may be off-topic, but I'm upset. After I posted a reply recently, some
> subscriber to RADSAFE (from San Antonio, TX) obviously printed, cut and
> pasted my address from the bottom of my message and used it to snail-mail me
> unsolicited religious paraphernalia. You know who you are. I am rather
> comfortable with my beliefs, thank you, and do not appreciate my business
> mail being used for such junk. Maybe Melissa should add to her RADSAFE
> Netiquette a statement like: "Addresses attached to messages on this
> listserve should not be used for unsolicited mass mailings of any kind."
> 
> In the meantime, I am not going to attach anything except my name and e-mail
> address, and I warn everybody else to do the same. If anybody wants my
> mailing address, they can request it individually, so I will know who the
> culprit is.
> 
> Thank you for hearing me out.
> 
> Jim Herrold
> Radiation Safety Officer
> University of Wyoming
> 
> herrold@uwyo.edu

Jim and All,

Today, I too received a religious letter in the snail mail postmarked
from San Antonio, TX. The envelope was hand addressed to me.

Curiously, I do not believe I ever posted my physical mailing address on
Radsafe.

Hmmmmm...

Wes
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Wesley R. Van Pelt, Ph.D., CIH, CHP                KF2LG
President, Van Pelt Associates, Inc.     
Consulting in radiological health and safety.
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