Spam-fest avoidance

[Chuck Hague <chague@xxxxxxxx>]

I agree completely.  I'd limit vendors to replying VERY briefly that they
have a product that meets the specifically mentioned need/issue.  I've only
been involved in this mailing list for a couple of weeks, and yours was the
first one that made my ears perk-up.

I think "going too far" will be easy to spot and identify.  One obvious
abuse is a vendor replying to a lot of messages saying "I have something..."
I think tasteful, brief, and appropriate messages such as your original post
are USEFUL and not-at-all annoying.
kcuhC

Charles R. Hague
Director, Information Technology
Premier Foodservice Distributors of America, Inc.

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> From:         David Shea[SMTP:dshea@arctools.com]
> Sent:         Monday, July 10, 2000 11:04 AM
> To:   JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Can anyone comment on the reliability of the archive
> utilities s in JBA?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I understand the desire not to have the list server become a spam-fest,
> but
> this is to a certain extent defeating the purpose of this resource.  This
> list is intended to help the readers address their issues.  Some people
> won't contact you privately, but might benefit from your referral.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> The ultimate goal of this group is to help each other and find solutions
> to
> issues.  Some of those solutions may involve commercial products.
> 
> <snip>
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