w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (03/30/89)
Myron, for sale messages are not allowed on the Arpanet side of this
newsgroup. Please use misc.forsale which is not gatewayed to the
Arpanet side.
The quote below, from a message I received on the subject, summarizes
the situation.
--forwarded message--
(sender's address omitted as it was a private msg).
Keith,
In my capacity as moderator of [an Arpanet Digest], I specifically
asked the people who run the ARPANET what the policy is a couple years
ago, and the message that came back was clear: no commercial
solicitations. My strong understanding is that this includes, for
example, people trying to sell their equipment via ARPANET digests.
In fact, I've been a little concerned about Info-Cpm for a while
because of this, and have come close to sending you a note about it
once or twice before. I'd hate to see us get shut down because of
such a trivial and relatively unimportant part of Info-Cpm as
classified ads for computer equipment for sale.
---end forwarded message---
As I've stated before, I have no power to change this Department of
Defense policy. If we cannot voluntarily comply on the Usenet side
of this newsgroup I will have no choice but to ask that the gateway
between Usenet and Arpanet be shut off.
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the Info-Cpm mailing list
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