On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, murr rhame wrote:
> At the risk of being even more pro-spam that you, I expressly
> allow limited on-topic commercial posts.
Me, too. The vendor (and list participant) asked me first. We worked
out a few restrictions, and I agreed. They can make a general
announcement once every 3 months. And if a reasonable answer to some
query would refer to their product, they should feel free to answer the
query (noting who they are). I had a few complaints after the first
announcement, and posted my rationale asking people to complain to me if
they were unhappy with my decision. It was largely supported.
> We've discussed allowing ads with various restrictions before on
> listmanagers. I've averaged less than one abuse of comercial posting
> privileges a year. Most of those abuses have been a matter of degree:
> excessive length, excessive frequency, off-topic yard-sale type post
> from a regular participant.
Again, that was the bulk of my discussion with the vendor in question.
-j
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