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Old 06-23-2013, 12:01 PM   #11
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
1. Your friends gave LinkedIn the ability to search their mailboxes for new connections.

2. They didn't Link to him, but LinkedIn remembered the connection anyway.

3. They Linked to you.

4. Their email connections may be real connections for you in real life, LI thinks. Maybe moreso, if two or more of your Linkers have messages from him in their email boxens.

That's my theory
Is there any way to tell if someone legitimately wants a contact rather than just having poor information hygiene?
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