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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Here it is -- CHAT V1.7
Message-ID: <19619@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 19 Dec 87 05:52:33 GMT
References: <417@ddsw1.UUCP> <262@papaya.bbn.com> <4309@bellcore.bellcore.com> <233@academ.UUCP> <3670@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices
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In article <3670@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>The prevailing ethic about doing business over the Usenet seems to be
>that it's OK to make initial contacts with customers via uucp mail
>links, but once you are in touch, if you do any significant amount of
>traffic, you should set up a direct uucp link or otherwise avoid using
>third parties' phones to transact your commercial business.  (This is

Unless you are paying that third party a fee for the service, like UUNET.

-- 
Let's go to the mall and see how long people will wait for our parking space!

Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com