On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, murr rhame wrote: > At the risk of being even more pro-spam that you, I expressly > allow limited on-topic commercial posts.
Me, too. The vendor (and list participant) asked me first. We worked out a few restrictions, and I agreed. They can make a general announcement once every 3 months. And if a reasonable answer to some query would refer to their product, they should feel free to answer the query (noting who they are). I had a few complaints after the first announcement, and posted my rationale asking people to complain to me if they were unhappy with my decision. It was largely supported. > We've discussed allowing ads with various restrictions before on > listmanagers. I've averaged less than one abuse of comercial posting > privileges a year. Most of those abuses have been a matter of degree: > excessive length, excessive frequency, off-topic yard-sale type post > from a regular participant. Again, that was the bulk of my discussion with the vendor in question. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention over justice Hate spam? Boycott MCI! http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/anti-spam/mci/
