On 7/1/2011 2:10 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
Not sure if this is my business to say so, but normally on this list we try to keep ads to a minimum. Though I'd say that a few people contribute to the list 95% of the time, and only advertise in a very subtle way. Email footers, for example. People on this list have been very fair, but at the same time limiting constant ads one after the other.
I'm not clear whether you're responding to a specific message, or just in general. The rules are that blatant ads are forbidden, except when they are first submitted for moderator approval. Implicit ads, via footer, are a bit trickier, as some of those are inserted without the sender's control.
What there seems to be less control over is the harvesting of addresses, followed by a specific mailing, and bypassing the list. Any such senders get added to my blacklist, and I try to let them know why we're never doing business with them.
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