On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> Your statement `anything that interests "CLUG members" is on topic' is
> casting the net a bit wide IMO. Sure, there are many things that aren't
> specifically Linux that are of general interest to, er, geeks. (Face it,
> if you are a member of this list you are pretty much a geek by
> definition). These things are officially off-topic, but not
> totally-irrelevant, and are of general interest. Unlike, say, me talking
> about my kids (which I must confess to having done so on-list).
Some CLUG members also run businesses and use email as a business tool,
including email newsletters.
I do not consider an email spam if,
1. The sender is clearly identified and a physical address is given.
2. That I know that I will be removed from a mailing list if this is
requested.
3. That the sender had good reason to think that I might be interested.
4. That my address was not obtained indiscriminately from a purchased
mailing list, i.e. any such list had been carefully reviewed.
5. That I know that my address will not be passed onto a third party.
Phil.
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