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In article <1992Aug31.222053.25451@liveware.com> modman@liveware.com  
writes:
> Dear Netheads,
> 
> [ lots of stuff deleted]
>
> An archive server is NOT the solution for everyone, unless
> it is set up for email response, and there  would be a
> added time for to put the added time into maintaining such an archive.
> I could do this, and will consider the ramifications for such a  
server...
> I like the idea but it costs money to do create, maintain and moderate
> such a server.
> 

Well if this is based on what I was suggesting, the concept has mutated a  
bit. What I had in mind were e-mail response servers maintained by the  
vendors themselves, analogous to automatic info servers. There was an  
excellent article in NeXTwatch a few months back which shows how to set up  
automatic e-mail servers. In a post to c.s.n.a the vendor could put "For  
current pricing, send e-mail to prices@niftysoft.com and you will receive  
an automatic reply containing a price and policies sheet".

I think an archive server would be tedious, and I don't think it's the  
moderator's job to maintain such things anyway. 

> 
> [a lot more stuff deleted]
> 
> I am sure most have noticed the 'magnitude' technique.  I chose to do  
this
> so maybe some people could use this to gauge their feelings about
> whether to investigate the price at all.  Some would say that
> $yyyy.xx is way out of range as apposed to $yy.xx or even $yyy.xx.
> I made an assumption here, but that is the way I am doing it.
> I appologise to those who are insulted by this decision, but
> it was something I considered and thought would actually benefit
> you without risking the reprecussions of actual numerical postings.
> There you have my reasoning, flawed in the eyes of some.
> 

Isn't this like being a "little pregnant"?  :-)

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