Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: "Scott A. May" Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: ADVERTISING Date: 26 May 1994 21:06:44 +0300 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 19 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: Reply-To: "Scott A. May" NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Comments: To: Yury German Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list CDROM-L To: CDROM-L Redistribution In-Reply-To: <9405261731.AA03212@bigcat.missouri.edu> On Wed, 25 May 1994, Yury German wrote: > CAN WE CUT DOWN ON THE ADVERTISING HERE?????? I wish... > I swear I got 70 messages here and 30 or more of them were an add from one > business to another selling CD-ROM's and some of them are quite long and > annoying saying same thing over and over again. I swear that a friend once told me that advertising private businesses on the Internet was strictly taboo. Apparently not, or will the Net Police aren't enforcing the rule. If anyone wants to get buried under a pile of cheap CD-ROM offers, put your name on a direct mailing list. These public postings are trashing up the lists. Keep it private guys, or get the hell off. SAM