Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fed!arccs2!m1jjh00 From: m1jjh00@fed.frb.gov (Jeffrey J. Hallman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: FLAME ABOUT COMMERCIALS IN EMAIL [Books Account: Technical books] Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 90 20:41:52 GMT References: <9006051701.aa28475@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> Sender: news@fed.FRB.GOV Organization: Federal Reserve Board Lines: 15 In-reply-to: baxter@robespierre.ICS.UCI.EDU's message of 6 Jun 90 00:03:49 GMT In article <9006051701.aa28475@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> baxter@robespierre.ICS.UCI.EDU (Ira Baxter) writes: > I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE COMMERCIALS IN NEWSGROUPS. > ... told of email Ira received offering to send (also by email) > notices of new technical books. > ... > DON'T RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THIS UNLESS YOU WANT NEWSGROUPS EVENTUALLY > BURIED UNDER SUCH COMMERCIAL REQUESTS. I don't see the problem here. I also received this message and I responded positively to it. The marketroid at least had the grace to make his offer by email rather than posting it, and he did indicate that only those who ask will receive the messages. So how is this "burying the newsgroup"? I think it's more like junk mail, which you can always just throw away.