From hungary-online-owner Tue Nov 21 08:19:27 1995 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id IAA15726 for hungary-online-out31415; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:19:27 -0800 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id IAA15717; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:19:16 -0800 Received: from fekete@chi3.bc.edu () via =-=-=-=-=-= for hungary-online@hungary.yak.net (15715) Received: from chi3.bc.edu (chi3.bc.edu [136.167.13.125]) (fnord) by nando (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id IAA15707 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:19:00 -0800 Received: by chi3.bc.edu (931110.SGI/930416.SGI) for Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net id AA02888; Tue, 21 Nov 95 13:51:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 13:51:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Zoli Fekete, keeper of hungarian-faq" To: Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net Subject: (HOL) Re: (HOL-A) give me a list In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Url: http://hix.mit.edu/hungarian-faq/ X-Policy-Brief: $100 per bulk email and $0.32 per copy of netnews EMP/ECP X-Policy-Full: see http://www.geopages.com/Paris/1048/#Spam-Policy or 'finger magyar@world.std.com' for the full statement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net Nice piece, Steven! Let me add just a little - in light of the recent explosion of unethical net-abuse (scattershot bulk posts, excessive multiposting and the like), it can't be emphasized enough: off-topic marketing drivel agressively bulshitted all over the place is not only getting deleted, but destroys much of the hoped for costumer basis (not to mention generating enormous ill will against the bad-faith list targeters). -- Zoli fekete@bc.edu, keeper of <'finger hungarian-faq-pointer@hix.mit.edu'> NOTE: spamsters and bulk emailers see 'X-Policy*:' in the header for the charges to be imposed for net abuse! On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Steven Carlson wrote: > Lesson one: On the Internet, the strength of your signal is the quality of > your message. Bullshit gets you nowhere. Marketing drivel gets deleted. > Well thought-out, concise messages get you noticed. ############# # This message to Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net # was from "Zoli Fekete, keeper of hungarian-faq" # # To unsubscribe, # send "unsubscribe" to # An announcement-only subscription (less volume) is available # at # Send mail to for more information, # or to if you need human assistance. #############