Notice the KEY PHRASE in my original post "NO useful content". If he ever
had anything to say that was anything more than "Go to my website so i can
make a buck off your click-throughs" I probably wouldn't have sent this.
Find some shades of grey in your black and white world and realize there's
a difference between his spamming of the list and list members posting
their personal stuff for sale on a non-ongoing basis and/or having a
comercial link in their sig.
karl
At 12:24 PM 8/29/2000 -0500, Dave Whitworth wrote:
>I know this one will get me flamed....
>
>If you don't have any interest in a subject, then try the delete key. There
>are many advertisements on this list that are unsolicited, and I just ignore
>them. Alot of our signatures include ads or commercial links, and if you
>aren't interested in that particular item, don't go to that site or buy from
>that vendor.
>
>This is a fine line, but if the list is going to be advertisement free, then
>it should be entirely spam free. No posts for commercial ventures, no ads
>in signature lines, etc.
>
>I also know that this list is privately owned. Being so, the owner can
>allow or disallow whatever they choose.
>
>Just some thoughts....
>
>
>Dave
>
>(No signature line on this one!)
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Karl Witt" <witt@mediaone.net>
>To: "Christopher Hammond" <christoc@mail.christoc.com>
>Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:41 AM
>Subject: Re: List Spam solution
>
>
> > speaking of spam...yours is getting really old. Pease cease and desist. We
> > all know where it is now, if we want to go there, we will. Your posts have
> > been pure unadulterated spam with NO useful content
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > At 12:18 PM 8/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Simple solution for Team.net spam....
> > >
> > >
> > >Go to Christoc.com Racing Forums
> > >http://www.christoc.com/forums
> > >You can have your own region's message board, perfect for posting
> > >information and results, all for free! That way when people want to
>know
> > >info about your region they can go there, and not waste email on
>team.net...
> > >
> > >
> > >Chris
> > >
> > >--
> > >Christopher Hammond
> > >http://www.christoc.com
> > >--
> >
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