All this bickering about commercial use of the list prompts me to suggest a solution that is used by at least another mailing list (the old tools list). Why not limit advertising of "things to sell" to the first Monday of each month (or some fixed date)? It offers some advantanges, one of which is a comprehensive list of things for sale from each vendor instead of bits here and there which may get overlooked/deleted/ignored. It seems to work well in the old tools list, but I admit that the members there are really keen on collecting and aquiring tools, its a bit different here...
Anyway, as I said, its a suggestion. Alistair |
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