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Subject:Re: Bad Employers/Clients List??? From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Mon, 5 May 1997 08:00:37 -0700
In response to someone's suggestion, I said:
>> To make it easier on the users of the list, the information could be
>> arranged by company, with a list of contacts below it, rather than a
>> list by person with company names listed below it. That way, if you
>> search for XYZ Corp, you find it once and all five techwhirlers who have
>> worked there are listed below it--instead of searching for XYZ Corp. and
>> having to continue the search five times to find all the information.
Elna replied:
><I snipped a lot>
>Dragging your raw rear end out of XYZ, you post something unpleasant
about XYZ on this list, citing your experience. <snip>
Elna, I don't think you understand the suggestion that was made. With
the type of list we were talking about, *no one posts anything*. The
only information on the list are companies and the names and email
addresses of people who worked for them. Any comments about the company
are made in private email between two individuals.
Bev Parks
parksb -at- emh1 -dot- hqisec -dot- army -dot- mil
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