Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!silver!streib From: streib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Allan Streib) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Marketing your software Message-ID: <52405@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 28 Jul 90 00:05:56 GMT References: <1990Jul23.022536.2453@druid.uucp> Sender: news@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN. Lines: 16 In article <1990Jul23.022536.2453@druid.uucp> darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes: >How come whenever anyone dumps this sort of shit on the net they have to >post separately to every newsgroup they can think of. I have seen this in >at least half a dozen groups. Next we can expect the obligatory apology >for posting commercial advertising and it will be posted to every group >separately as well right? I agree that the article should be CROSSposted, not individually posted to each group, but what is the "official" policy regarding advertising on the net? I understood that advertising is OK as long as there is an explicit indication that the post is an advertisement (in the Subject: line, for instance). -- Allan (streib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu)