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Article #22Re: First draft of a potential uk.comp.sys.mac RFD. was Re: UK Mac newsgroup?
From: Debbie Maizels
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00
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In article <1d9cqf9.6fxl1r1cmacu6N@p30.nas1.is2.u-net.net>, real-address-in-sig@rhu.barb.foobar (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote: > Debbie Maizels <debbie@zoobotanica.nospam.com> wrote: > > > In article <1d9c7jf.1574l9xrdeujmN@p26.nas1.is2.u-net.net>, > > real-address-in-sig@rhu.barb.foobar (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote: > [snip] > > > Yep - fair enough. Sounds a good plan overall. I have another thought: what > > are the rules going to be on 'for sale' and 'wanted' ads? I know there is a > > general uk group already for this; will it be allowed in this new group? > > Hmm... I hadn't thought of that. There's uk.adverts.computer which > does include offers of and requests for Mac stuff; it's how I got my > Plus and its 20MB HDD. I'm inclined to say `no' to adverts: > > --------- > Commercial advertising is unwelcome, although a company reference in a > signature not exceeding four lines is acceptable. > > Individual offers of and direct requests to buy Mac equipment and > software are unwelcome in uk.comp.sys.mac and should be placed in a > newsgroup set up for this purpose, such as uk.adverts.computer. > --------- > > What do you think? Should this be a bit more relaxed, or what? I think this is fine - plenty of scope for questions in this group without adverts as well. Deb. -- debbie at zoobotanica.u-net.com irc (sporadically): freya 'When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make him more sport than he makes me?'
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 13ca7a,375fc81a80c0513e X-Google-Attributes: gid13ca7a,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,d1a096c2d8f3fa2d X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public X-Google-Thread: 145a2e,375fc81a80c0513e X-Google-Attributes: gid145a2e,public X-Google-Thread: 10f989,375fc81a80c0513e X-Google-Attributes: gid10f989,public X-Google-Thread: f82c1,375fc81a80c0513e X-Google-Attributes: gidf82c1,public From: debbie@spambait.zoobotanica.u-net.com (Debbie Maizels) Subject: Re: First draft of a potential uk.comp.sys.mac RFD. was Re: UK Mac newsgroup? Date: 1998/05/21 Message-ID: <debbie-ya02408000R2105980835370001@news.u-net.com> X-Deja-AN: 355163555 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <1d94t4g.n3qi761llsvioN@e1c2p11.scotland.net> <1d96cux.1hyf0ou1jyqmioN@pwomar.demon.co.uk> <1d96yvb.8o8pllrujiyiN@p31.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <1d975m8.s5db6uwie65kN@pwomar.demon.co.uk> <1d98tlo.5l2jv11984jlsN@p23.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <hardie-1905982023060001@dialup-17-26.netcomuk.co.uk> <1d9atjl.x7kib5e105oqN@p61.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <debbie-ya02408000R2005980921220001@news.u-net.com> <1d9c7jf.1574l9xrdeujmN@p26.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <debbie-ya02408000R2005981833210001@news.u-net.com> <1d9cqf9.6fxl1r1cmacu6N@p30.nas1.is2.u-net.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: Biological and Medical Illustration, London, UK Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac,u-net.support.mac,netcom.uk.support.mac,demon.ip.support.mac,dungeon.support.mac