Re: [school-discuss] Can some one pls. answer this Q. for me.(SORRY)

[John Williams <tobash2001@yahoo.com>]

Hi Folks,

Sorry for the "havork" my question have cost, it becoase of my imaturity. I did not ask the question well. I now know what I should have asked is how to create a mailling list.

Thanks to you all. I never wanted to be a Spammer!!!

 

John.

Tom Adelstein <tadelste@charter.net> wrote:

> > >How to put this politely...What you're asking for is a spamming
> > >program. Such things undoubtedly exist for Linux or could be created
> > >fairly easily. But using such a thing is a great social evil, and we
> > >shouldn't promote them at all. It's far better to create a mailing list
> > >that people can remove themselves from if they don't want to see your
> > >messages. 
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > 
> > I totally agree with Doug, and I was hoping that someone would say it. 
> > If you want to communicate to an audience, they'll more likely listen if 
> > they want to listen ... not if they are bombarded by marketing 
> > information. Email lists are great, but you should also think about RSS 
> > or Atom feeds. You may not get the same audience, but if you have a 
> > worthwhile message, it
>  will get out there eventually. Of course, I am 
> > not sure what message you intend to convey, so I am not 100% if that 
> > would be appropriate.
>
> This is one of those times I could be personal and lay some shots at Mr.
> Loss -- but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
>
> If such Linux programs exist (and I'm sure they do because Linux
> companies do blasts) then we should destroy it. I had to migrate away
> from my last email address because I got like 100 emails and 98 of them
> are spam. I didn't have that problem until I began posting on mailing
> list like this one.
>
> I forget the cost but I heard a politician say that spam costs the US
> economy $80 billion a year.
>
> Please Mr. Loss, don't do it.

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