Julie,

It wasn't you that over-reacted. Perhaps it was me.

Your email had all the hallmarks of spam. It was a vague response to a request I never made... I get those all the time for diet pills, prescription meds, etc. The intent of the spammer is to make you think you might have inquired to induce a follow-up.

Almost as soon as I posted here that it was spam, you were defended by others that knew you. And now that you've explained why you contacted me, it was obviously not spam, but rather you trying to help me out. I apologize for jumping on the assumption that you were spamming me.

As for the coasters, I wrote a comparison article for Chiptalk, comparing two manufacturers' costers. But I am not in the market for coasters myself. Perhaps because I am not looking for coasters (or diet pills, or prescription meds) is the reason I made the spam assumption so quickly.

Anyway, Julie, in summation, you need not apologize to me. But I apologize to you.

(Thanks to Mark Cotton for emailing and letting me know there were responses to this thread.)

Eric