Blinky the Shark <no.spam.DeleteThis@box.invalid> wrote in message:
slrnfh1uqa.hbk.no.spam.DeleteThis@thurston.blinkynet.net,
> ĝu wrote:
>> "salesnbusiness@gmail.com" <salesnbusiness.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm selling famous quotes database.
>>> MySql format
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sample
>>>
>>> Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not
>>> believe you anyway.
>>> Elbert Hubbard, US author (1856 - 1915).
>>>
>>> $10
>>> Payment through Paypal
>>> Contact me at snipped
>>>
>>
>> Cool. But, how about CSV format so that people can import it into
>> their own prefered system? And can you give an indication of the
>> quantity of records?
>
> NOT cool. Spam.
>
> http://snipped
Ah yeah, it is spam alright. Of course long time readers of this
newsgroup will know that Matt doesn't consider posts such as the OP to
be spam and this is probably just his way of making that point.
However, someone who is really anal-retentive about advertising in AWW
could also argue that rather than using Matt's reply as an opportunity
to post another url to your site, you should have just posted the
important quote:
"Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as
the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain
letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of
others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online
community." - Roger Ebert"
And this other quote on your site illustrates how naive Ebert's Pledge
is:
"It would be nice if nobody ever bought things from spammers -- but you
have to figure if people are going to buy actual medications from random
strangers who send semi-literate e-mail, this speaks to a level of
stupidity so profound that it's difficult to imagine eradicating it."
Mitch Wagner, InternetWeek.com Editor, March 1 2004
I've always thought it was a little unseemly to post one's url in any
discussion about unsolicited advertising--even as part of a sig. I think
it sends the wrong message; i.e. that the regulars in this group assume
priviledges for themselves that are not available to others.
--
Red
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