Norman Richards wrote:
>
> At first I was quite upset to see the message. It looked like
> common ordinary spam and I have NO problem treating spammers as
> harshly as is possible. But, I also noticed the email was
> personalized in a way that was more than your tyipical form letter so
> I gave the sender the benefit of the doubt and assumed he was
> specifically sending the advertisement to this list. That lessens the
> seriousness of it, but still would be problematic.
I noticed the exact same thing, and completely agree. I mean it wasn't
a generic spam message,like:
Hello _________,
compupic rocks .. go get it or you'll be lame.
-Compupic MultiConglomerate
send complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I wasn't like pissed beyond belief. In fact I knew that Paul was
planning on posting this, and I knew his company was a small local
software company, because I have visited his company in the past.
>
> Why? A couple reasons: I do not recall the post as having made any
> mention that it was an Austin company (it may have, but I do not
> recall it saying so). It was also not clear that the post was made at
> the request of members of the list and the sender's name was not one
> which I recognized. (but I have not been on the list that long) While
> it may have been a "good" advertisement, it was very poorly
> constructed and QUITE easily mistaken as spam.
Exactly, the post really could have made to clearify its justification
which
may of caused it to offend less people. But that doesn't mean it
wouldn't
of offended anyone on the list.
>
> I applaud the list maintainer for taking an active role in keeping
> spammers at bay. In this case, it may just be a false alarm. In that
> case, I am sure the poster has learned his lesson and will make sure
> that future posts do not smell like spam.
>
I too think that the list is a useful resource because the maintainer
does such a good job at keeping it that way. I mean we don't have
this kind of dilemma often, and if we did I don't think we'd have
much of a list.
> Well, microsoft or not, proprietary software is proprietary
> software. It is hard to get too excited about something that most
> people here cannot use.
>
> For what it's worth, I work for a small Austin company that writes
> Linux software too, but we do not post ads here. If every austin area
> company posted ads for their new releases, the list would be a lot
> less pleasant.
Very true..
So what do I think, in general because we don't have a spam problem on
the list
I wasn't very offended. But spam is a touchy subject for many of us. I
can
see both sides in this conflict, and I'll work with everyone to see
clear
things up.
-Omar
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