Ingrid,
 
OOOOOOOOPS!  Please forgive me, I am very new to "listserving," and one of
the reasons I joined this list is to not only find out the technical do's,
but the "nettiqual" and ethical don'ts.  I am aware of the word SPAM and
have seen several messages on this list about Spams, but I was under the
impression that a Spam was something done for malicious intent (like
something obscene or otherwise offensive) or done for personal financial
gain (I get paid the same whether I teach courses via WWW or in a
traditional classroom with desks and chairs and pens and paper).
 
I definitely see your point, though, and understand how if this were done on
a regular basis by thousands or millions of users it could become a HUGE
problem.
 
Again, sorry--and thanks for teaching me a valuable lesson!
 
Larry
 
p.s.  To the rest of the members of LSTOWN-L:  If you agree with Ingrid,
please don't waste space on this list or waste your valuable time repeating
her sentiments--I got the point, I repent, and I shall go and sin no more . . .
 
 
>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])
>