On find815, Sam apparently has a "new email".

Sent by: Mark Smerdon
Message: This email exists solely as a fake to force the progress screen to have the correct number of blocks.

There is nothing "hidden" on the page, like the numbers we found before (I zoomed in several times), but perhaps the name is the username for TMG?
The only reason why I can't believe the message is valid, is that for the level of programming that find815 requires, you wouldn't need an email like this to "force" anything.
Also, "M. Smerdon" appears in Talbots phone, with the number 258 194 032 - this, however, does not work in TMG.

Thoughts?

I thought about that, too.
The email is gone now. It no longer appears in Sam's inbox.
Interesting.

Hmmm. Instead of the "Sender" being someone in Talbots' phone, wouldn't it make more sense to have it say "This is a temporary message ... blah blah blah ... from the producers of Find815" ?

Hmmm. Instead of the "Sender" being someone in Talbots' phone, wouldn't it make more sense to have it say "This is a temporary message ... blah blah blah ... from the producers of Find815" ?

Probably a (misguided) attempt to minimize the level of real-world interruption into the game.

-- mnw