mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (08/06/84)
Sorry, folks, the Usenet policy (which YOU THE USERS OF USENET decided on) is as follows: Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to an appropriate newsgroup, never a general purpose newsgroup such as net.general. Clearly mark your article as a product announcement in the subject. Never repeat these - one article per product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. Advertising hype is especially frowned upon - stick to technical facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements, or articles violating this policy, are very serious and cause for removing your machine from Usenet. This policy is, of course, subject to change if it becomes a problem. In my opinion, the message this refers to fit these guidelines just fine (although I'm still trying to figure out how net.sources got into the distribution list.) The above policy is excerpted from net.announce.newusers. Mark "Mowed Down on the Freeway Interchange" Horton
crm@rti-sel.UUCP (08/09/84)
So there!