At 3:15 pm -0500 31/1/98, John Petrush wrote:
>I agree in principle. I believe the provided definition is too restrictive.
>By that definition, I could not offer a hard-to-find item, such as a T-20
>TTL adapter to this select group and "keep it in the family", so to speak.
>Having said that, I would not want to be bombarded with solicitations from a
>large for-profit business such as B&H or Adorama (both of whom I've dealt
>with and have been very satisfied), but I don't see that happening. Thank
>goodness my DEL key works <g>.
>Surely we don't need yet one more rule to live by.
>
>John P
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: L.J. Clark <ljclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 2:27 PM
>Subject: [OM] Commercial Advertising
>
>
>>Following is the policy from another list I'm on. I recommend a
>>similar policy, especially if this list is ever hosted on an
>>institutional or non-profit server.
>>
>>
>>Commercial Advertising
>>==========================
>>Advertising, solicitation and commercial transactions are not permitted
>>on the Subminiature Photography Mailing List. These are defined as
>>recommending or providing goods and services from which the advertiser
>>is financially compensated.
I agree with John. We have a delete key and although some may find the
occcasional commercial "intrusion" annoying, others will want to follow up
and maybe purchase items that they have been looking for.
If you have a reasonably sophisticated EMail reader you can always filter
out those messages which either challenge your beliefs or good humour ;-)
If the OM list changes servers then this issue may become more
critical..... for now lets go with the flow...
All the best,
Clive http://clive.bel-epa.com
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