Like Jim says, no harm done and I don't want to seem like the posting
police but there's some benefit to separating things.  So, let's see
what can be done to clarify things a bit.

Here's the text from taug.ca/discuss

:There are three mailing lists:
:    *  Toronto Asterisk Users Group (and Ontario)
:      This list is appropriate for "How do I?" questions, and general
Asterisk discussion.
:      Send an email to "asterisk-subscribe at uc dot org" if you
would like to join.
:
:    * Toronto Asterisk Business Group (and Ontario)
:      This list is appropriate for "Where do I buy? Who do I buy
from?" questions, and polite :classifieds. From individual to
enterprise.
:      Send an email to "biz-subscribe at taug dot ca" if you would
like to join.
:
:    * TAUG Planning
:      This list is strictly for planning our activities -- such as
meetings, workshops, and other :special events.
:      Send an email to "planning-subscribe at taug dot ca" if you
would like to join.

Maybe it would help if we added "(IE For Sale)" after "polite
classifieds" for clarity.  Is this where people are looking for this
information?  What does the subscribe welcome message say?

Is there a benefit in having a quarterly mailing of posting
guidelines, (un)subscribe instructions etc?  If everyone knew why the
lists are here, maybe new people would feel more comfortable posting.
Opinions?  Simon?

I think it's amusing that I have hypocritically posted this message
here when it probably belongs in taug-planning.  :-)

Dave

On 1/24/07, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Wouters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: January 24, 2007 11:25 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Looking to sell my Parawireless
> dual gsm/sip phone
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
>
> > > Hopefully not too off topic for this list.
> >
> > This is totally off topic for this list. Use the -biz list;
> that's why
> > we have it.
>
> I'm sorry. I gathered from the archives that the biz list was
> more for enterprise scale related questions, and not for
> "enduser" queries, which is why I used this list. Perhaps the
> mailman page can be updated to reflect that more clearly?

No harm done, but this list does not allow for ANYthing to do with the
selling of stuff, so if you figured it was not suitable for the biz list,
that would go doubly for this list. If in doubt, my advice would be to ask
first.

We're pretty flexible about what is allowed on the -biz list. Usually all
you have to do is mention VoIP or Asterisk and you're good to go. If it
isn't outright spam, it isn't likely to be a problem, so go for it.

Jim

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