A SPAM is a SPAM is a SPAM!  No matter how benign the intention
and beneficial the service offered (from opposing nuclear testing
to offering free[?] courses) NO ONE should be encouraged to
forward messages to lists that are not clearly of interest to the
subscribers of that list, especially if the message contains the
potentially disastrous self-replicating request to forward to yet
more lists! In terms of cyberspace, this is infinitely more
irresponsible than bringing rabbits to Australia!  Can you
imagine how many mailboxes could potentially be filled if people
were to take your request seriously? Can you imagine the burden
on an already overloaded system?  Fortunately the built-in
listserv SPAM detector would stop your commercial fairly quickly,
but surely getting caught spamming is not your intention (or that
of your college)!  So, PLEASE, do not send this message to any
more lists (and read the material in the Listowners' Manual
concerning spamming, chainletters, and other inappropriate
activities).
 
Ingrid Shafer ([log in to unmask])