Wayne,
Don't go down the paranoid road - there is a problem with this 
listserve that lets that happen.
Pat, K9JAUAt 03:00 PM 1/4/2016, you wrote:
>Hello, can everyone please stop using special characters when typing an
>Email. I find it very rude and unacceptable. If you have something to say
>that you don't want everyone to know, then phone the people you want to talk
>to. Thank you, Wayne wa2usm
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 3:11 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: possible news article
>
>Hi all,
>A friend wishes to write an article about ham radio and was addressing =
>this to the general public.  He was wondering if there might be a source =
>available to the general public on how one can find if there any ham = radio
>operators in their area.  This would be for a person who is = preparing an
>emergency kit and wanted to know if there is any hams in = his area in case
>he has to notify family that he is OK.  I thought the = ARRL would be a
>source, but there isn=E2=80=99t a search by zip codes.  = I know that there
>is a zip code search under the advance search page on = any of the callsign
>data bases.  Gary KB2YAA