[756] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
re: operators are standing by...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (baer@jessica.stanford.edu)
Wed May 29 16:06:07 1991
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Wed, 29 May 91 13:04:53 -0700
From: baer@jessica.stanford.edu
> To: com-priv@psi.com
> Subject: re: operators are standing by...
> From: Craig Partridge <craig@sics.se>
> Date: Wed, 29 May 91 08:42:30 +0200
> Sender: craig@sics.se
>
>
> I understand the utility of advertising to disseminate information, but
> I'm also g*d-d*mned if I'm going to accept bulk junk e-mail.
>
> I've always taken the view that there ought to be a modest number of mailing
> lists that accepted advertising on given topics. So (using netnews terminology)
>
> ad.workstations
>
> would take workstation adverts. The point is that mailing an ad anywhere
> else would be a violation, so my mailbox is protected, but if I care about
> workstation information, I know where to look.
>
> Craig
>
What he said!
--Paul Baer
Networking and Communication Systems, Stanford University
Assistant Director, BARRNet
