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contacts.json: fix 3 vendor sample desks on Gmail evidence, not preference (TK-11255)
f195f74c8114e8f0b2a86de39873057974159752 · 2026-09-11 14:36:19 -0700 · Steve Abrams
DTD verdict D-hardened. The contrarian's objection was that a naive 'recent
two-way correspondence' test measures whether a human replied to SOMETHING, not
whether the address is the sample-intake channel -- and that it would be fooled
by ticket-system auto-acks on exactly the desk-alias rows in dispute. So the
query required an INBOUND, human-authored, sample-topical reply, ran a positive
control in the same pass, and used sand as a negative control.
Both controls behaved: cathy.dy@thibautdesign.com (control) returned live
human sample replies; support@gimmersta.com (negative control) returned ONLY
machine order-confirmations and produced no qualifying reply. The instrument
discriminates rather than rubber-stamping domain activity.
mom customerservice@ -> ddedic@momtex.com
mined value returned ONLY machine 'SAMPLE SHIPPED NOTIFICATION' mail;
Diana Dedic answers our sample-followups by hand, most recently TODAY.
pf mocampo@ -> hbarragan@kneedlerfauchere.com
STRONGEST case: on 2026-08-17 mocampo@ replied to our own sample chase
with 'Please send your sample request directly to our Sample Department,
as I do not handle sample requests.' We kept mailing her for a month.
hbarragan@ signs as 'lead sample librarian'.
hyg support@ -> info@hyggeandwest.com
mined value is a MARKETING newsletter sender; info@ answers sample
requests with a human.
NOT changed -- sand falls to escalation exactly as the verdict required, and
BOTH candidates are now disproved: canonical Nicole.Monbarren@ auto-replies
'no longer with Sanderson Design Group' (forwarding to Melissa.Bacoka@), and
mined support@gimmersta.com is automated receipts only. New lead, not a fix.
Refutes the 'general desk beats named rep' prior the panel nearly adopted as a
tiebreaker: every generic alias here is a bot or a mailing list and every real
sample desk is a named human -- it would have chosen wrong 3 for 3.
Undo: restore data/contacts.json.bak-1789162556
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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commit f195f74c8114e8f0b2a86de39873057974159752
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date: Fri Sep 11 14:36:19 2026 -0700
contacts.json: fix 3 vendor sample desks on Gmail evidence, not preference (TK-11255)
DTD verdict D-hardened. The contrarian's objection was that a naive 'recent
two-way correspondence' test measures whether a human replied to SOMETHING, not
whether the address is the sample-intake channel -- and that it would be fooled
by ticket-system auto-acks on exactly the desk-alias rows in dispute. So the
query required an INBOUND, human-authored, sample-topical reply, ran a positive
control in the same pass, and used sand as a negative control.
Both controls behaved: cathy.dy@thibautdesign.com (control) returned live
human sample replies; support@gimmersta.com (negative control) returned ONLY
machine order-confirmations and produced no qualifying reply. The instrument
discriminates rather than rubber-stamping domain activity.
mom customerservice@ -> ddedic@momtex.com
mined value returned ONLY machine 'SAMPLE SHIPPED NOTIFICATION' mail;
Diana Dedic answers our sample-followups by hand, most recently TODAY.
pf mocampo@ -> hbarragan@kneedlerfauchere.com
STRONGEST case: on 2026-08-17 mocampo@ replied to our own sample chase
with 'Please send your sample request directly to our Sample Department,
as I do not handle sample requests.' We kept mailing her for a month.
hbarragan@ signs as 'lead sample librarian'.
hyg support@ -> info@hyggeandwest.com
mined value is a MARKETING newsletter sender; info@ answers sample
requests with a human.
NOT changed -- sand falls to escalation exactly as the verdict required, and
BOTH candidates are now disproved: canonical Nicole.Monbarren@ auto-replies
'no longer with Sanderson Design Group' (forwarding to Melissa.Bacoka@), and
mined support@gimmersta.com is automated receipts only. New lead, not a fix.
Refutes the 'general desk beats named rep' prior the panel nearly adopted as a
tiebreaker: every generic alias here is a bot or a mailing list and every real
sample desk is a named human -- it would have chosen wrong 3 for 3.
Undo: restore data/contacts.json.bak-1789162556
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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data/contacts.json | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/data/contacts.json b/data/contacts.json
index 4dac646..1380a64 100644
--- a/data/contacts.json
+++ b/data/contacts.json
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
},
"pf": {
"name": "Pierre Frey",
- "sample_email": "mocampo@kneedlerfauchere.com",
+ "sample_email": "hbarragan@kneedlerfauchere.com",
"account_number": "On File",
"contact_source": "DW Sent history \u2014 Kneedler Fauch\u00e8re (PF LA rep), order correspondence 2026-08-12; CONFIRM before send"
},
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
},
"mom": {
"name": "Momentum (\u2192Hollywood, INTERNAL chase only)",
- "sample_email": "customerservice@momtex.com",
+ "sample_email": "ddedic@momtex.com",
"account_number": "On File",
"needs_confirm": true,
"contact_source": "George: momtex sample-shipped notices Aug 2026; PRIVATE-LABEL, never customer-facing"
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
},
"hyg": {
"name": "Hygge & West",
- "sample_email": "support@hyggeandwest.com",
+ "sample_email": "info@hyggeandwest.com",
"account_number": "On File",
"needs_confirm": true,
"contact_source": "George/Gmail mining 2026-08-20 (grounded on live outstanding-memo Mfr Patterns): only Hygge & West address on file is support@hyggeandwest.com (marketing/support); DWHW2 'Be Good' SKU \u2014 CONFIRM it accepts trade sample requests"
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