[MUD-Dev] Re: Adverts in email on the list.

[Holly Sommer]

On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Ben Greear wrote:

> To me, it sounds awfully draconian to ban these people.  If for
> whatever reason, they don't have a real account, then there
> is even more reason to bring them into the light, not shut
> them forever in darkness!

I agree with this. I personally don't have a problem with the 
"advertisements," but can totally respect JC's desire to not have them 
present. However, I am curious as to why the objections are in place.
The free mailing services are free, after all - it's not like these are 
commercial ads, outright. In fact, I have often considered getting one 
myself for the explicit purpose of mailing lists such as these...

The reason behind that is that at work, I am behind a firewall with the 
only communication in/out being limited to web access (ie: no telnet 
in/out and no external access to/from a POP mailer). The volume here is 
such that even if unattended overnight, it can get to be an eyeful, and 
so a centralized email address would help, in letting me deal with the 
email at work AND at home... and that would only be possible for *me* 
through something like hotmail.

Granted, that's a very specific case, and probably is representative of 
only maybe 5% of the population here, but I don't see why (in theory) 
that should prevent me from being on the list.

Plus, if I get a great idea at home, I have to either subscribe under 
both addresses, or email it to my work account from home, and then 
forward it. This kind of kills off the spontaneity and timeliness of 
email, but c'est la vie. FWIW, I'm only subbed at work, and usually end 
up just hitting 'D' a lot on Monday mornings :/

> As my friend said, Don't have a $1000 meeting to fix a $100
> problem!

Heh. I just wanted to get that off my chest.

-Holly