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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (277190)	10/28/2008 12:53:37 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793955

I see. Is very strange. So far I've sent it to myself at home, with a family members first name. Will watch what else I get if anything.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (277190)	10/28/2008 12:54:28 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

You mean your name is not Alan Smithee? What the heck is SI coming to! :-) michael@oneofthelastmemberstostillusehisrealname.com

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (277190)	10/28/2008 1:11:24 PM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793955

ManyMoose is pissed and so am I. Yup.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (277190)	10/28/2008 1:18:35 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

My thought is it was either based on SI's membership records or possibly g-mail, which I use for personal mail. It probably came from friends or family. People that know your email address. In the worst case, some web store you have done business with. Why in the world do think SI would single you out of all its members? It is just too silly.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (277190)	10/29/2008 4:45:47 AM
From: SI Bob	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793955

Please forward me a copy of the email if you and ManyMoose both don't mind. bobz@talkzilla.com I wonder if it's possible to do in a video file the kind of trickery I'd expect possible only from a standalone executable. So I'm curious if I'll see my own name in the video. There are no ways I know of that your email address and real name as entered in your user record here could ever get out. Possibly your email if it's in your profile and someone's harvesting them (which is attempted from time to time and Dave typically catches them before they get far), but not your name. Even in advertising emails, the advertisers themselves never come into contact with the email addresses. They're emailed by ADVFN themselves, and ADVFN's email database doesn't contain anything but your email address and your opt-in/out choices.