On Fri, 30 May 1997, Karen Strauss wrote:

> Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 14:13:12 -0400
> From: Karen Strauss <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Advertising banners in email?
>
> Dear Louise,
>
>
> >Both the medical lists which I am on and our garden list have decided to
> >ignore the banners.  As my long-lived grandmother would have said, "Rise
> >above it!" <G>
>
> I think that is what I will have to do. Most of the people on the list who
> are using Hotmail did not even know that the banner was added to their
> messages. And nowhere on the Hotmail site does it say that the banner will
> be added; it is not in the sign-up instructions or in the agreement to use
> their mail. The least they could do is mentioned that simple little fact.
> Oh well.
>
> Thanks *everybody* for the helpful feedback.
> Karen
>
Another approach that you can take is to ask your members who don't want
the banner on their address just as well, to email their [log in to unmask] or to call them to ask them to remove the banner for their
email addresses.  I have emailed hotmails staff in the past for other reasons
and I found them to be very supportive and very nice people.

Sue

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