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Then when we MT's are **thrown on** an account because of lack of work on our account

Posted By: we have all emails on that account, too. on 2007-06-19
In Reply to: Why doesn't Transtech send emails to - Email to ALL !

What is so hard to understand about that? 


Then we have that account info filed away in a folder in our Outlook Express by name of account and can look at past emails sent out regarding that account.  Not fun to be tossed on an account that you have never seen NOR ever received an email on.  Sounds like business to me. 




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