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From: "D.J." <>
Subject: Re: **SPAM** NEW British-Genealogy.com BRITISH MAILING LISTS AND WEB SITE
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:42:59 -0000
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"Barry Ruck" <> wrote in message
news:SQuQQyN116c+...
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, D.J. <> sharpened a
> new quill and wrote ...
>
> >
> >I don't believe we need yet another general-purpose website. Existing
> >Rootsweb mailing lists serve a very useful purpose and there is no need
for
> >individual county lists which have basically taken the names of Rootsweb
> >lists but stuck 'british.genealogy.com' on the end. People prefer to have
a
> >choice and the opportunity to be part of a more localised list.
> >These new lists forbid the 'advertising' of lookups from subscribers.
Sounds
> >a bit like Rod's worried that someone might just pass on some information
> >from one of his CDs instead of buying it to obtain one tiny bit of info.
> >JDJ
> >
> >
> Actually, it states .....
>
> Advertising to do lookups
>
> It is not permitted to advertise on a mailing list offering to do
> lookups. (Either paid for or free). This rule will be strictly enforced
> by the List Administrator.
<snipped>
Which is what I said - 'advertising' lookups is forbidden or 'not
permitted' - same thing in my book.
JDJ
>
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