"wooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I am somewhat nonplussed
Since you reponded, I will mention a couple points of newsgroup ettiquete. First, a bare URL is or is close to being spam. It could have been spit out automatically by an seller program. It requires that readers go thru the bother of starting a browser, and possibly establishing a connection in order to decide whether they want to go to the bother of starting a browser and possibly establishing a connection. So URLs should be accompanied by the bare minimum of info needed to decide make such a decision. This applies even to posts announcing giveaways (of code, for instance). For a book, author, title, date, price (incl. shipping), and ship-from location should be about enough. Second, a person posting a sales link, even if such is allowed, should identify himself (truthfully) as the seller, a friend, or just an interested observer or reviewer. > I'm sorry if you took offence. Perhaps you have never seen a newgroup ruined by commercial announcements like I have. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
