Tomoko Yamamoto <tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake
thusly:
> Regarding advertising of any items for sale either by individuals or
> dealears on this list, I think it would be better most of transactions take
> place off the list.
>
I think the same rule here applies as for any mail message:
"If your response is of interest to the group, send it to the
list. If not send private email."
For example: A response along the lines of "Yes, you can get a
replacement for your <broken whatever>, I happen to sell them", is of
general interest, while "I've got one of those, it's yours for $150" is
not.
>
> I am wondering how many of you use such e-mail software and whether
> everyone using such software is aware that such a neat trick exists. If
> everyone with a Web site uses that type of signature, dealears on the list
> can encourage people to visit their sites without any explicit words of
> solicitation in the text of their e-mails.
>
I don't use Eudora (I'm a UNIX nerd), but my software (Emacs)
understands URLS for mailto and http.
<peeve>
(BTW, Windows users, don't make the mistake of thinking Eudora
and Netscape are cutting edge software; these programs are in many
ways LESS sophisticated than some "dinosaur" programs; after all, the
Internet was around for a long time before Bill Gates noticed it!).
</peeve>
It annoys me very much when people post URLs without the schema-part
(http: or mailto:) as that does indeed defeat auto-highlighting.
Chris.
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