Dear Cynthy (and all):
Yes, it is extremely bad manners (unethical?), and as Paul Melzer pointed
out, and as I explained in a subsequent message, I was simply pointing out
the chinks in the armor.
Greg Powers
Powers Rare Books (formerly Phillips Hill Books)
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. . . the writer going on to state that booksellers might *preferably*
> gather the list members' individual names from the subscribers' list and
> post to them directly.
>
> Actually, I've always been given to understand that the latter is
> *extremely* bad manners. A huge invasion of the list members' privacy and
> e-space. One of the few absolute net no-no's! The sort of thing that if
> you do it, and get caught, you are on most lists cast into the outer
> darkness forever and EVERYBODY agrees "good riddance."
>
> But things change so fast in the net world. Am I just, like, behind the
> times? Would list members really prefer this, to picking up commercial
> postings sent to a bulletin board?
>
> Advise, please (and thank you)!
> Cynthy B'ton