Carmil1, when a company is under a quiet period, limited information is made available to public. https://www.sec.gov/answers/quiet.htm As far as believing what you read on the board, I verified the information of a "black out" myself from a reply from the company, and as far as releasing information that is illegal, saying your in a "black out" is not giving out insider information.
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