7.0137 Net Advertiser (2/37)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 24 Aug 1993 18:15:17 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0137. Tuesday, 24 Aug 1993.


(1) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 13:54:07 -0500 (EDT) (23 lines)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty)
Subject: Net Advertiser

(2) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 18:09:20 EDT (14 lines)
From: Elaine Brennan <EDITORS@BROWNVM>
Subject: Net Advertiser

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 13:54:07 -0500 (EDT)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty)
Subject: Net Advertiser

Some e-mail discussion groups have recently been bombarded with a
message from an organization calling itself the "Net Advertiser".
The Advertiser offers a kind of classified advertising for anything
one might wish to sell. Its address is netad@uds01.unix.st.it.

Personally I find its presence on academic e-mail to be offensive. I
had thought such a presence would be regarded as inappropriate,
however convenient its services may be. Am I hopelessly wrong? Is
commercial content on the electronic networks a current topic of
discussion? Should we be worried about how operation of the Internet
is to be supported? If so, it seems to me that Humanists might have
contributions to make to the discussion.

In any case, perhaps someone here would be interested in investigating
the Net Advertiser.


Willard McCarty

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 18:09:20 EDT
From: Elaine Brennan <EDITORS@BROWNVM>
Subject: Net Advertiser


I purposely did *not* forward the Net Advertiser notice to
Humanist, in part because of my own frustration at seeing
multiple copies of it (I won't say *exactly* how many lists
I read it on -- just that it was a substantial number). If
any one on Humanist did not see this piece of mail and remains
curious about it, please feel free to let me know and I'll
forward you a copy of it privately.

Elaine