vision2020@moscow.com: re: Re: commercial messages on 2020

re: Re: commercial messages on 2020

Bill London (london@wsu.edu)
Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:53:09 -0800

Kenton's suggestion on limiting postings in response to the two stupid
commercial messages seems unnecessary to me.
If this commercial slop gets too thick, we could deal with it in this
fashion. but I don't think we have gotten that far yet.
I would hate to have anyone thinking we are limiting access to this list.
No matter how it is explained, some people will mis-understand and think
this list is no longer a public list.
I say do nothing unless it becomes really necessary.
BL

>Sounds good to me.
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>Tom
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> >I endorse this solution. Does anyone object to limiting postings on the
>list
>>to members, as long as their as a "guest" provision from the web page?
>>(Non-members can always send something to a member to be posted, as has
>>happened occasionally in the past.)
>>--Kenton
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>>its possible (easily) to restrict open posting on the list only those
>>that are memebers. While this may seem extreme, when you also allow
>>a non-member to post using "guest" ONLY from a web page, it is effective
>>in blocking all (externally generated) spam (those on the list can still
>>do it, but....). So for non members to post, they have to go to a web
>>page and type at it, programs (i.e. spammers) have a hard time with that.
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>>till later,
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>>johnt
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>>Kenton Bird, Visiting Assistant Professor
>>Department of Journalism & Technical Communication
>>Colorado State University
>>Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785
>>Voice: (970) 491-5986 Fax: (970) 491-2908
>>E-mail: KBird@vines.colostate.edu
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