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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: *** Top Prize Winner - IMPACT Software Contest ***
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Date: 26 Apr 91 13:07:28 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.015221.4672@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes:
>	Now, I agree that this is a blantant net.abuse. My anus says to
>tell them to stop posting or get off the net. My mouth (getting really
>Freudian here) says that we should post them a kind note saying what the
>USENET deal is. I'll try to talk to them too.

Why don't they post to comp.newprod, where there is no question that
the postings are commercially motivated and there is a moderation
process to prevent abuse.  My problem is that the postings being made
had little to contribute to spreading useful information to folks that
read the newsgroup and more to with the poster's trying to make a
buck.  That's where I draw the line.  I can live with informational
postings like "Check out my FooBar, Inc. new PostScript toaster, it 
even slices bread!" if there is some expectation that people might be 
looking for a bread slicing toaster.  Its the blatent solicitations that
cross the line.

Would I take a "commerical" posting from a "company" which is clearly
using a student's account seriously?  Not me, but hey, I'm the
suspicious type.