On Thu, 23 May 2002 12:40:33 -0700 (PDT)
Berg Oswell <berg@eskimo.com> wrote:
> IMO, the best test of what email to send is simple...did the person
> affirmatively request the mailing? If not, then it shouldn't be sent.
There's a middle ground. Example:
Bubba posts on a list concerning some problems he's having with XYZ
part of his life (his car, his wife, his house, his computer, his
software, whatever). His post is topical to that list.
Boffo, who is a member of that list, emails Bubba privately offering
his or his companies products/services/whatever to aid Bubba with his
problems.
It can be annoying. It can also be very helpful. Mostly its an
attitudinal difference on Boffo's part. There's little clear distinction
between them.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw@kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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