At 09:48 AM 12/20/96 -0800, you wrote:
>>2) Advertising, spam or "Virus Alert" messages are not permitted.
>>However, there are 3 exceptions:
>>a) Individuals are most certainly encouraged to post "For Sale" or "Wanted"
>>messages, but please keep them concise and limit them to one message per
>>item or
>>group of items.
>>b) Vendors or manufacturers of N Scale equipment are similarly encouraged
>>to post announcements of new products but do try to keep the value of the
>>content
>>high on facts and low on marketspeak.
>>c) If you know of an upcoming event or meeting that may be of interest to N
>>Scale model railroaders, please post complete details. Club meeting
>>information is
>>particularly encouraged.
>>Ensure that you also include any URL's in the announcement.
>Some individuals are contributing nothing to the list and only post a
>one-line message, at least bi-monthly, notifying everyone that their
>websites have been updated. When you go to their website, you discover
>that they are a retail business. To date, this has not been much of an
>issue until one particular person has decided to post their "update"
>messages with a higher frequency and I started receiving complaints from my
>subscribers.
>The one-line posters disagree that their update announcements are, in fact,
>advertising.
Well, your rules, as stated, don't cover "retail advertisements."
Here's my suggestion:
* Tell the one-liners that yes, that's advertising (their retail
website).
* Tell them that your list does not permit retail advertising (you
only talk about announcements of new products and postings by
individuals, not by stores).
* Tell them that once a month, they can submit a one-liner to you
(not the list) and you'll summarize with a monthly posting listing
online retail stores with URLs, as a public service for your
list members.
That's what I'd do.
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