Hello Raymond!
 RP> And that brings up another subject. Back when this echo was fifty or
 RP> so messages a day, commercial announcements were quite an annoyance,
 RP> particularly when the poster never hung around to answer questions or
 RP> otherwise contribute to the content.
 RP> Now that the message count is down dramatically and a large portion of
 RP> the posters are non-US, I'd appreciate any comments from the folks
 RP> here on whether this prohibition should be relaxed.
Hi Raymond,
From a practical standpoint 'lifting the ban' will probably not generate many 
of these messages that originate in Fidonet, because sad to say, it looks 
like Fido is dying. The number of spams crossing over from Fidonet will 
increase, but there is only so much that can be done about that.
I really hate spams, but one-time announcements (like Ron suggested) 
originating from Fidonet can be tolerated ;-)
My 3 cents 
(inflation)
Bye,
Jan
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