On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Tim Smith wrote:
> Jezuuz H...
> (or pick a diety of your choice)
>
> Kent Christenson sent a nicely phrased message a couple of weeks back how
> this list was "over the top" as far as advertising goes, and this latest
> spamming from Salmon (below) is typical of the worst of it!  This is a
> blatant plug for his business, sugar coat it however you want to. It was
> NOT a kind little PSA to illuminate us into the intricacies of vanagon
> filters, it was a plug, plain and simple.
>...

Frankly I don't mind the commercial posts too much, unless they're
posted in screamy upper case and full of unverified hype.  But I
can see why Tim might not want to see them, and why he might expect
to have that wish respected -- it's definitely a part of internet
tradition that vendors are subject to the will of the non-vendor
list/newsgroup population.  Tough question.

Just to throw out an idea, we could always create the vanagon-commercial
list... I would definitely subscribe to it, and so would most folks on the
list I suspect.  Even Tim might after he hears about that great deal
on Propex heaters (or whatever...) that got away from him ;)

        Gary

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Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
Salt Lake City                      http://www.xmission.com/~shea