Dear Mark and Thyroid Folks, Thanks for your interest and contributions to the Thyroid mailing list. ADMINISTRATIVE: SPAM POLICY -- I HATE SPAM Now, I don't normally act this overtly or heavy-handed, and I suspect you didn't write your .sig or tag line just for me, and I'm really not picking on you, really, but neither can I resist replying to this: >As Per US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5,Subchapter II 227 >Unsolicited commercial advertising is NOT Welcome here This may be a good opportuntity to clarify the SPAM policy on the Thyroid mailing list, so please don't take this as a personal attack -- I agree with your sentiments 99% of the time. But, just so you don't get surprised later -- I HOPE we're able to drum up advertisers and sponsors for this mailing list, to help it pay its own way. There *will* eventually be commercial messages ONE DAY A MONTH, if we are successful. All ads will be clearly marked as commercials, and posted by me alone, on that one day per month. If it's not clearly marked as an ad and posted by me on "ads" day, then it's either a consumer review of a thyroid-related product or service (perfectly okay any day of the month) or it's a despicable SPAM. [As a mailing list "owner," I can assure you I have choked on more than my share of SPAM. I also have some additional tools at my disposal for executing SPAMMERS.] I set up the Thyroid mailing list so, as the list "owner," I'm doing some basic SPAM control, and some "newbie education," but I consider this mailing list to be unmoderated and on the honor system. I'll keep the signal-to-noise ratio as high as reasonably possible (I've received compliments on this), and all of you are expected to read and understand the whole "Welcome" guidelines. I sometimes do send off-list reminders to folks who don't seem to follow the rules in the "Welcome" message. >Unsolicited commercial advertising is NOT Welcome here Wrong, or at least not exactly clear in this case. To directly, specifically respond to this anti-SPAM .sig, my take on this situation is that one has solicited thyroid-related, clearly marked, occasional commercial advertising posted by the list owner, by subscribing to Thyroid. My experience with other mailing lists is that once a month is about right for allowing/soliciting charter-related commercials, but, as always, your mileage may vary. I invite your off-list responses on this (or any) topic, since I'm always looking for ways to improve a mailing list -- especially a newborn one. 8=]' Pax, Ballew Kinnaman <[log in to unmask]> 512/463-9321 Discussion list owner -- Allergy - PCHealth - Rubber - Thyroid - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Allergy LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Immune.Com/allergy PCHealth LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Emissary.Net/pchealth Rubber LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Immune.Com/rubber Thyroid LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Emissary.Net/thyroid