<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/18/2001 3:31:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, krooshof@xs4all.nl writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Of Dutch websites (.nl) you can look up the owner. This was a problem
<BR>for the Dutch famous musicians, as they found there email & snailmail
<BR>address and phone number available all over the nlww.
<BR>Internet and privacy do not go along that well. Only the amount of
<BR>data gives the sense of being anonymous, but you are not.
<BR>So what's this guys site?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">They can go along well, it just takes some extra effort, which may or may not be worth the trouble.
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<BR>By the way, I feel a bit double about this situation. I do understand
<BR>the need for help as well as the need to warn. On the other hand
<BR>I do not feel too good about seeing this guys reputation being ruined.
<BR>You see, I do not know the trough, I'm not saying you're spreading
<BR>bogus, but what if you are?
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<BR>This is always a possibility, unfortunately. However, if other people have had similar experiences and it's not an isolated incident, that lends credence to it being a valid complaint.
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<BR>-Chris</FONT></HTML>