Amarendra GODBOLE wrote:
> No one strictly abides to the rules of LI mailing lists. 'The commercial
> postings should have COMMERCIAL in the subject or so' says the rule.
I've corresponded by private mail with the person who posted the
commercial post and he has recogonized his mistake.
> Why should a commercial posting be allowed at all, is the basic question
> I ask.
You tell me why it /should not/ be allowed in the first place?
>
Commercial postings can be on any other lists, or create a new list:
> LI-jobs. This problem has to be solved, else the abuse of LI lists and other
> flame wars will continue ...
LI-jobs might be created at some point in the future. We've discussed
this in the past and there is no critical mass yet.
> List Admin, why not moderate the commercial postings beforehand ? might help
> to at least reduce the abuse.
How would I know whether a posting is commercial without checking all
posts to the lists? My polic has been to automatically bounce all
offender's emails to listadmin for approval. This has worked very well
in the past.
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