FLAME ABOUT COMMERCIALS IN EMAIL [Books Account: Technical books]
Ira Baxter
baxter at robespierre.ICS.UCI.EDU
Wed Jun 6 10:03:49 AEST 1990
I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE COMMERCIALS IN NEWSGROUPS.
I received the following today:
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 90 12:24:23 EDT
From: Books Account ...address deleted...
To: baxter at ...
Subject: Technical books
Hello. I saw your name in comp.unix.i386.
Would you be interested in receiving periodic email announcements about
new technical books in your field? If so, can you send a note to me?
Thank you.
<name of marketdroid deleted>
Market Research Dept.
<Random Book> Publishers
DON'T RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THIS UNLESS YOU WANT NEWSGROUPS EVENTUALLY
BURIED UNDER SUCH COMMERCIAL REQUESTS.
Now, I do sympathize with commercial vendors *answering*
questions posed on newsgroups... as long as the questions
are posed by legitimate users.
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