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"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
news:jWK3W3dD2y0A@eisner.encompasserve.org...
> In article <ZjHna.4702$mZ4.85444@news.xtra.co.nz>, "AG" <ang@xtra.co.nz>
writes:
> > "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message
> > news:v9uel6jr5ubhff@corp.supernews.com...
> >> A lot of us NEED to get unsolicited mail. If we don't take random
> >> queries from the public, how would we ever get a new customer?
> >
> > There is a flip side to that though. From the point of view
> > of a potential customer: Suppose I mail a real query to
> > your mailbox swamped by spam. How do I know it
> > will make it past the filters?
>

>  You can then decide whether to try an alternate contact mechanism.

Like what? An international phone call (listening
to "your call is important to us" at your expense),
snail mail or personal visit?