singhals <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]: <snip> > And one whale of a fine way to shoot oneself in the foot, names in > .sigs are. Nothing quite so embarrassing as getting 100 hits on > your-surname-here, and finding out 99 of 'em are from your own sig > line. :( <snip> > Cheryl And even worse is getting a hit on a rare surname only to find out that a file you had sent to a cousin was posted to a website by another person you've never heard of, with all the details of the living people in your file still intact. And when you write to that person asking them to remove the living individuls and not getting a response from them until you threaten a lawsuit! Sherry

Sherry wrote: > singhals <[email protected]> wrote in > news:[email protected]: > > <snip> > >>And one whale of a fine way to shoot oneself in the foot, names in >>.sigs are. Nothing quite so embarrassing as getting 100 hits on >>your-surname-here, and finding out 99 of 'em are from your own sig >>line. :( > > > <snip> > >>Cheryl > > > > And even worse is getting a hit on a rare surname only to find out that > a file you had sent to a cousin was posted to a website by another > person you've never heard of, with all the details of the living people > in your file still intact. And when you write to that person asking > them to remove the living individuls and not getting a response from > them until you threaten a lawsuit! > > Sherry Thanks for the grin, Sherry. I'm still getting hits on postings I made in 1997 - I.E. i'm still the only one looking at these lines. - RM