aron (10/24/82)
Recently, there has been some discussion about ads on the net. This has mainly been of the "I do/don't" like it variety. But now this issue has the potential to become a more serious problem, and for this reason I am calling it to the attention of the general readership. Net.micro is currently gatewayed to Arpa's mailing list info-micro. Some people have been posting (innocently) 4sale messages on the usenet. These have been shipped over to Arpa, which is of course a big no-no. If this continues (even innocently) the gateway may have to be severed. This would be a great loss to both Arpa and Usenet. Moreover this potential problem exists in other gatewayed lists. I know this has been suggested before, but I urge that it finally be implemented. Let's have a net.ads, with appropriate subgroups like net.ads.4sale, net.ads.jobs etc. All commercial messages should be restricted to these groups. Net.wanted should be for non-commercial "wants". This will solve both the aesthetic and gateway problems. aron shtull-trauring harpo!presby!aron