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On Mar 5, 2014, at 6:56 PM, Richard Del Belso <[email protected]> wrote: > I, for one, don't have any real problem with dealer FS/FA posts. Sometimes, I > actually discover something that I want to buy...and might have missed had > the dealer not pointed out the item in his post. and if I don't want to be > bothered, there's always the 'delete" button. > > Richard Del Belso > > > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:02:26 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Dealer Posts on MoPo > To: [email protected] > > This is a little long, so my apologies in advance… > > One point to make here about many of the dealers who post to MoPo is that > they are abiding by the long-standing request to add “FA” or “FS” to their > subject line. (One Mexican lobby card dealer does not add “FA” or “FS” to his > posts, but you can’t miss his unique subject lines if you’re trying to avoid > his ads.) If you’re a dealer posting to MoPo and not adding “FA” or “FS” to > your subject lines, I would appreciate your doing that going forward. > > Depending on how you read your e-mail, it is possible in some programs to > sort messages based on subject line and send them directly to the folder of > your choice, be it the recycle bin should you so desire. MS Outlook has this > feature. I’m not familiar with other e-mail programs, but I have to assume > such a feature is not exclusive to Outlook. Of course if you get MoPo in > digest form, you can’t do this. > While I understand the argument that a movie poster discussion group is > hindered by an overload of “FA” or” FS” posts, the business of collecting > means we have to buy and sell to grow (or liquidate) our collections. It is > a necessary part of the hobby. Eliminating such posts from MoPo will not > spark an explosion of movie poster discussion. Trust me on this. The real > problem here is not the dealer posts, but the ability of MoPo members to > effectively MANAGE their e-mail. > > However, if the membership thinks this needs addressed we can ask that > dealers to limit themselves to 1 commercial post per day. Thoughts?? Dealers > can “talk their fingers off” if they want to send non-biz related posts and > share their wealth of knowledge with all of us! J > > The lament that MoPo has no meaningful public discussions going on has come > up many times since the group started in 1995. If I had the time I’d try to > chart the “cycle” of MoPo complaints over the years…that would be > interesting! The group has mellowed considerably from the early days > (remember the Donnie/Style B revolt? Or the controversial posts of the late > Susan Olsen? Who could forget the Susan vs JR battle in 2006?). MoPo has > matured into the quiet forum it is today. Everything changes and evolves over > time (i.e. the Oscars anyone?) After all MoPo is now moving towards 20 years > of service and is the oldest poster forum on the Internet. As I said in my > Feb. 24th post on our 19th birthday….”But will be make it to 20? Should we?” > > Maybe we ARE all talked out! > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
