Yesterday I received an email from a potential affiliate that was having problems signing up. I sent a reply with quick instructions. He responded with this note "please tell me you are genuine .... the iinternet is full of people collecting emails for mass mailouts"

Something told me to give this person my phone number so we could chat on the phone. I called him and we wound up talking for over an hour. This man has several sites, blogs and a couple of forums hurtrelationship.com...

Ever heard of a blog war? How about Blogger stalking? Usually when you think of a blogger the image that comes to mind is a nerd with glasss and pocket protector in his mothers basement typing away on his computer abou the upcoming Star Trek Convention.

But that's just the stereotype. Today there are political blogs, blogs on love advice, medical advice and legal advice. Many people use there blodg as an online personal diary to keep in touch with friends and family and hopefully...

Very often as IMers we'll get business proposals via email. Some times there will be elaborate signature file with name address and phone number along with links to web sites etc.
But sometimes it's anonymous, maybe a pen name maybe just a nick name.
Before replying we should run the name through a google search to see what turns up. Another useful tool is free online reverse email search engines.
But still many times when trying to get a name from an email we'll hit a dead...