Hi,

> I'm not going to comment on the legal allegations made by the vendor as you have not shared any specifics.

Of course. That's cuz there were none much beyond the sort of language I quoted above.

Here's one add'l direct quote:

"It is extremely troubling and of major consequence that your email address includes our client's business in its name.

You have previously been advised that you using the name XXXX in attempts to represent that you are authorized to do so by our client is fraudulent and in violation of State and Federal statutes."

> It's possible, for example, that they got "Joe jobbed" by somebody using the address on your email server, and they believe that you were responsible.

Understood. They can sure believe whatever fiction they want. But it's not factually possible. The vendor-specific email was created ~ 5 minutes before placing the order on their online system. The threat from the lawyers showed up in my email ~ 1 hour after placing the order.

> As for laws or regulations that might forbid the use of a company name in an email address created specifically and exclusively
> for the purpose of dealing with that company, I doubt that you'll find any.

Yeah, I doubt it myself. I can't imagine any laws that'd forbid it. I *CAN* imagine that there'd be some language somewhere the expressly permits or protect it -- which is what I was asking about.

I'm not sure, but I think that things are permitted by law unless they're expressly forbidden ...

Cheers!