"Doug FM" wrote in
.rogers.com:

What I can't understand is you get an email from some guy in Russia
whom you don't know and you're concerned about replying to him? If it
were me, the only thing I'd be doing is hitting the "delete" key.

It's the nature of the business. For example, my little R&D company gets
requests from potential clients all the time - people and companies (and
sometimes countries) that I have never heard of. They find us from web
searches (these days) or see other similar work we have done, or get
referals from previous clients of ours. And we too have problems sometimes
with stealth "spam filters," especially when the country is Taiwan or South
Korea or some such.

Of course, then there are those fantastic potential clients from Nigeria...
G The trouble is, as always, separating the wheat from the chaff. [If
you were a legitimate client from Nigeria, trying to find a US firm to
handle your business, would it be even remotely possible to find someone to
take you seriously????]

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James M. Knox
TriSoft ph 512-385-0316
1109-A Shady Lane fax 512-366-4331
Austin, Tx 78721
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