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Re: Those goddamn car ads and what to do about them....

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From: Joe
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 00:00
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Gee, someone posts something without thinking.  How typical of them! 

If you want to buy a car, then why don't you look in the
rec.autos.marketplace or other relevant groups.  Car ads are ok in
local groups only if they are local.  




"Jeremy L. Radosh" <jradosh@attmail.com> wrote:

*Gee, someone tries to sell something in a forsale newsgroup.
*
*How horrible of them!  ;)
*
*Having purchased my "new" used car through Classified 2000, I support
*them wholeheartedly !  They provide a consistent format for viewing
*information.
*
*Imagine if Classified2000 didn't exist.  Everyone who is selling a
*car would put their own postings on the newsgroup.  Each person would
*use a different layout and terminology. You wouldn't be able
*to filter out the postings AT ALL, and I'd have to read each ad 
*with more diligence (sp?) rather than just scan the ads
Classifieds2000
*puts out.
*
*In this light, Classified2000 is doing you all a favor by
standardizing
*the car ad content.  Filter away m'boy ! ! !
*
*
*Michael Schneider wrote:
*> 
*> I urge everyone in Minnesota, to, without delay, add "K mi $" (with
*> spaces, period and capitalization as shown) to their newsreader's
global
*> subject filters with case sensitivity ON. If your newsreader does
not
*> support filtering, GET ONE THAT DOES!!! (Netscape is a lousy
newsreader.)
*> Mac users obtain YA-Newswatcher (do a web search and you'll find it
to
*> download somewhere).
*> 
*> Persons in other states may follow similar proceedures.
*> 
*> At some point the spammers may change there automatic posting
procedure
*> and change the subject title sequence. Update filters accordingly.
*> 
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*>
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From: Joe@blow.com (Joe)
Subject: Re: Those goddamn car ads and what to do about them....
Date: 1996/12/06
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