From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 8 4:31:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.resfeber.se (Resfeber-gw.customer.internet5.net [195.66.48.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D580D37B41D for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 04:31:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from resfeber.se ([212.75.72.9]) by mail2.resfeber.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA22587; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:31:24 +0100 Message-ID: <3C3AE613.A587A2CF@resfeber.se> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:29:07 +0100 From: Jon Molin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carl Tucker Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Spamming FreeBSD lists. References: <87ofk6dnjh.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20020108063723.GA24052@panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Carl Tucker wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:27:30AM -0800, Ken McGlothlen wrote: > > reply to this message. Note that if your message is an unsolicited > > advertisement, freebsd.org will bill you or your company $100 per subscriber, > > payable net-30. Currently, there are 1500 [or whatever] subscribers." > > > Good idea? Bad idea? > > Bad idea, I think. That message condones spamming the list. It says > you can spam, and it costs $100. The optional last sentence shows what or more it costs $100 * 1500 = $150 000. I would gladly take the spam if it gave freebsd $150 000 everytime i got it. I think it's a good idea, perhaps we would have a bit less flamewars if everyone had to accept the post twice before sending it... /Jon > you get for your money. > > I don't want to be an a list that sells advertising. > > -- > Carl Tucker > cft@panix.com > flestrin@worldnet.att.net > tuckercl@phnsy.navy.mil > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message