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From: ddl@husc6.UUCP (Dan Lanciani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: SECOND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO MS-DOS PAPERS
Message-ID: <2014@husc6.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-May-87 04:43:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: husc6.2014
Posted: Mon May 18 04:43:28 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 18-May-87 06:44:46 EDT
References: <2978@well.UUCP> <1832@husc6.UUCP> <3080@well.UUCP>
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Keywords: MS-DOS, writing, C language, contribution
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In article <3080@well.UUCP>, mitch@well.UUCP (Mitchell Waite) writes:
> Don I am not sure who talked to you but we have not received any of the  

That's "Dan"

> materails you say you sent. We usually ask potential contributors to

Interesting, then, that someone claiming to represent you called
and was able to mention the subject that I had described in my letter.
In any case, it seems strange to refuse to send the proposal before
receiving the outline.  (Yes, I did ask specifically.)

> tell us what subjects they are interested in from the posted list of
> chapters. If the chapter isn't taken we send a detailed proposal. We also

This is what your initial posting indicated and that is what I did.
My letter indicated the subject in which I was interested.  However,
instead of a detailed proposal, I received the aforementioned phone call.

> ask for some indication that the contributor can indeed write about the
> subject they are interested in. An outline or sample of writing is not
> unusual for publishers to request and for writers to submit. I have not
> received any email from you even though my name and uucp address are on

My initial letter, the requested materials (outline and sample writing),
and a final letter of inquiry were sent by real, paper, U. S. mail,
not by email.  Since none of them were returned, I have some reason
to believe they reached their destination.

> the initial posting, but perhaps it never got through? Lets talk by tele
> phone or email and not bother the net with this.

My posting was not an attempt to communicate with you, but was intended
for the general readership.  Your response, on the other hand, could
have been sent by electronic mail.  (My email address is also available
from my postings.)  Moreover, my U. S. mail address is available from
the letters I sent to you.  I must assume that the latter was readable since
someone was able to use it to obtain my phone number.

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