NONE: Re: Ad questions
Re: Ad questions
Cliff Kurtzman (cliff.kurtzman_at_tenagra.com)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:14:11 -0600
>At 04:43 PM 06/25/96 -0400, Alan Richmond <WDVL_at_Stars.com> wrote:
>[snip]
>> An earlier poster advertised something that was almost certainly
>>their own site with the words "I found this interesting.." as if it came
>>from a 3rd party.
[snip]
and John Lancaster replied:
>On NetMarket-L we've discussed the subjects of junk email and spamming.
>Basically, a lot of would-be spammers try to circumvent the necessity of
>actually taking part in a list and contributing something worth while by
>using the approach you describe above. It is, nevertheless, spamming.
Given that this list is moderated, I don't think it is quite proper to call
this spam.
If the post was inappropriate, then it was Richard and my error as
moderators in forwarding it to the list.
In this particular case, a good bit of interaction had occurred prior to
our forwarding the post. First off, I should state that I am an invited
speaker at the subject conference but otherwise have no connection,
financial or otherwise, with seeing the conference succeed. The conference
organizers had asked me (privately) if I had any suggestions for them to
get the word out about their conference. I suggested that they make an
informational posting to several discussion lists that I felt the
conference announcement was on topic for, including this list.
The next day we received an anonymous post regarding the conference at the
list posting address, and returned it to the sender indicating that we did
not accept anonymous posts to this list. We also indicated that if the
posting party was connected with the conference they should so indicate
that fact in the message.
The post was resubmitted with the signature that ran with it, along with a
side note indicating that they were _not_ the people running the
conference. I'm not sure what the exact relationship is, but I suspect
that the poster is someone helping the conference organizers publicize the
conference. I have no idea whether this is on a volunteer or paid basis.
At that point, we decided to forward the post to the list as submitted with
the signature provided, and let the list members decide for themselves what
they thought about it. Richard and I are putting together some posting
guidelines that will give everyone a better idea on what is considered
appropriate for posting. Anyone with strong feelings on this matter should
not hesitate to contact us.
--Cliff
Cliff Kurtzman
backup moderator
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