Zack,
It is totallly impractical to create and have to (somehow) manage
different email files for different lists, responses to clients, etc.
One email file is the only practical way to go.
jack
Zack Kneisley wrote:
> On 5/17/07, David E. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Zack Kneisley wrote:
>>
>> > I don't feel that ANY promotion of products or services in a
signature
>> of
>> > this particular list should be allowed unless you pay for it.
>>
>> That gets into the incredibly fuzzy question of "what counts as
>> promotion," though.
>
>
> As I put it, I think there should be a limit of what should be included
> in a
> signature due to the fact that it could and is inevitably advertising
your
> company.
>
>
> Let's take the email thread, as an example.
>>
>> If I'm the owner of SuperDeluxeEmail and post "you should use my
company
>> because it's the best," that's probably self-promotion.
>
>
> I agree
>
> What if I say "you should use my company because I'm a WISPA
member?" Is
>> that promotion, or an advertisement of the sort WISPA has been
known to
>> offer to paying vendor members?
>
>
> Wispa vendor based advertising is, or should be limited to the specific
> advertisement only based posts that that vendor has paid for.
>
>
> What if I don't disclose that I own SuperDeluxeEmail?
>
>
> Good question, this is a "fuzzy" type of situation, and the person is
being
> dishonest in posting their views because it is biased. they should
disclose
> this info. Most companies do when they report on a financial partner.
Ever
> watch the evening news when they report on a parent company? They
purposely
> disclose this information.
>
>
> What if I'm using a sock puppet to tell people how awesome
>> SuperDeluxeEmail is?
>
>
> Dishonest and shoud be treated so.
>
> What if, instead of being the owner of the company, I'm just a minority
>> investor? Or "merely" a very satisfied customer?
>
>
> Disclose it then.
>
> What if I think it's a lousy company and I want you to use their
service
>> so you'll think it's lousy and join me in publicly bad-mouthing them?
>
>
> Not quite sure what you mean.
>
> There's a lot of subtle levels here.
>>
>> Honestly, IMO a lot of the value of this list comes from the fact that
a
>> lot of different vendors are directly, or indirectly, represented
here.
>> A little self-promotion is probably inevitable, and probably healthy.
>> (If you can't promote yourself and your business at least a little
bit,
>> you won't be in business for very long.)
>
>
> Rules
> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
> 5) No selling or self promotion allowed.
>
>
> Giving WISPA money doesn't (or at least shouldn't) mean that everyone
>> walks on eggshells around your booth in the ongoing trade show that is
>> this mailing list, and doesn't mean that we'll overlook any
problems or
>> shortcomings in your product. Conversely, if you make a good product,
we
>> won't ignore it out-of-hand because you haven't yet tithed. (We'll
>> probably encourage you to do so, but...)
>
>
> Not talking about a booth, talking about direct advertisement in a
> community
> post.
>
> If we're going to start treating some folks differently based solely
>> upon whether they're paying members of WISPA, this list loses a lot of
>> its value.
>
>
> No, just no self promotion that you can "buy this product through
me" in
a
> general post. this doesn't mean you can't say "this product is good
because
> it does this and this"
>
> It is all a little fuzzy, but I think signatures should be limited to a
> single link to their site, if not, the majority of the list is breaking
the
> rules.
>
> If you don't agree, then maybe the rules need to be changed, or
enforced
> differently.
>
>
> David Smith
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