Re: Advertising Policy update

From: soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)

Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Charlie Patton said
>Sol III GM wrote:
>>
>> Greg Lindahl said:
>> >soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM) writes:
>> >So the fact that you violated your own ISP's policies doesn't matter?
>> >OK. Gotcha. It's OK to do that as long as nobody tattles, I guess.
>>
>>   No, Greg, that is an outright misdirection.  There is no AOL policy
on
>> Commercial Postings!
>
>Just to point it out, this is cut & pasted directly from the Newsgroups
>TOS document found at keyword: Newsgroups on AOL.  It mentions both
>charters and FAQs.  Where none are found, AOL members are directed to
>consult with the AOL newsmaster.

Charlie, please, please, please, be aware, that you took my quote out of
context, and made it look like I was saying something I did not say.

The Correct quote is:
>  No, Greg, that is an outright misdirection.  There is no AOL policy on
>Commercial Postings!  You know it, I know it, and anyone who wants to
>check it out at aol.com will know it as well.  What AOL's TOS says, is
>that the FAQ or Charter for a group are what they will go by in deciding
>abuse.  Basically, this is standard for the entire net.  Commerical posts
>are only frowned on if they violate the rules of the place they are being
>posted.  Period.

As you will notice, we just said the same thing.

> COMMERCIAL ARTICLES. The vast majority of newsgroups are NOT >commercial
and participants in those newsgroups will object strongly to >commercial
traffic. If you have any questions about a commercial article, you >should
review the newsgroup's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) or charter
>document. If you cannot find a FAQ or charter, contact NewsMaster, one of
the >America Online Cyberjockeys (identifiable by their screen name
beginning with >"CJ") or PMDAtropos for clarification.<

And this just supports my point.  There is no AOL policy on Commercial
Articles.  They support the FAQ and Charter, and will only act if there is
abuse, and complaint.  One, without the other means nothing will be done.
Abuse is defined by a group's FAQ or Charter.
  This is no different that most ISP policies that I have seen.

Eagle
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Re: Advertising Policy update
Charles Patton <cdpatton@acc-net.com>
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000