[clug] 24" Sun LCD monitor for sale.

Rousak, Boris Boris.Rousak at actewagl.com.au
Tue Feb 24 00:22:02 GMT 2004


I second that (actually, third or forth that) idea. As long as an email is
identified as sales. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Burn Alting [mailto:burn at goldweb.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:48 AM
To: CLUG
Subject: Re: [clug] 24" Sun LCD monitor for sale.


I agree with Chris although, perhaps the list charter could be modified
to require that the Subject field contain a "FOR-SALE" keyword or the
like to indicate one is selling something and that commercial ventures
can't sell on the list.

Burn


On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 10:33, Chris Henman wrote:
> Are we not a community? Does not a community attempt to assist its 
> members in ways other than its immediate charter or purpose?
> 
> I feel that as long as the advert is within reasonable realms, an advert 
> which the advertiser genuinely feels may be to the benefit  of other 
> CLUGers, then the ad ought to be acceptable.
> 
> Some past adverts have certainly been to my benefit.
> 
> Martin Pool wrote:
> 
> >On 24 Feb 2004, Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Telek, John wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I have a NEW, NO dead pixels, SUN Microsystems LCD
> >>>Monitor for sale. I have all the original packing.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Could you please stop spamming me?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I don't think the list has a policy about whether for-sale ads are
> >allowed or not.  Does anyone feel they should be disallowed?  At the
> >very least they need to be marked in the subject.
> >
> >Maybe only Linux-related stuff should be allowed?
> >
> >If, before Friday, I get more votes for banning them than for allowing
> >them, I will update the list charter accordingly.
> >
> >  
> >
-- 
Burn Alting <burn at goldweb.com.au>


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