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Re: TOM SPEARMAN (Re: ---NEW Quadra 605 8/160 $699!!!---)

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From: T. Jason Ucker
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 00:00
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I have also written to netcom, and I've included the relevant parts of the charter.

In article <zeno-2604950906460001@pm036-04.dialip.mich.net>, zeno@umich.edu
(Zeno Lee) writes:
|> In article <3n3tvu$i5c@news1.best.com>, Terry Lee <terryl@cs.stanford.edu>
|> wrote:
|> 
|> #I have finally gotten a response from Netcom regarding Tom Spearman's
|> #commercial posts.  Hopefully they will do something about it.  Can someone
|> #please mail to netcom a copy of the charters for misc.foresale.* and for
|> any
|> #other violated newsgroups and e-mail me to confirm.
|> #I will be forwarding Tom's articles to netcom.
|> #
|> #support@netcom.com
|> #ATTN: Margaret
|> #
|> #Everyone interested, please e-mail this address and tell them this sort of
|> this
|> #can no longer be tolerated.
|> #
|> #Best regards,
|> #Terry
|> #
|> 
|> Oh come on.  People have been criticizing his commercial posts ever since
|> I started reading this newsgroup but HIS POSTS ARE TOTALLY WELCOME!  He
|> gives the best deals around and I don't see why anyone would complain
|> about that.

It is simple:  commercial posts are against the ba.market.* charter.  If people
want to post commerical messages, they should post on biz.*.  If you want to
read commercial posts, you should read biz.* 

-Jason
-- 
T. Jason Ucker	
Sys Admin/jSys Engineer	 				tju@sgi.com
Silicon Graphics Inc.
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From: tju@akira.corp.sgi.com (T. Jason Ucker)
Subject: Re: TOM SPEARMAN (Re: ---NEW Quadra 605 8/160 $699!!!---)
Date: 1995/04/28
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