At 01:12 AM 4/3/02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello HAMLUG members, > > I know you guys just got done explaining how you hate spam but i'm on the mailing list so is it ok?
No problems, Jennifer. Your announcement of Eric S. Raymond speaking is not spam. The invitation is something of interest for the LUGs. You are on the list because of shared interests, not to make a quick buck and run. And you're not trying to sell us contact lenses auf Deutsch. <g> Spam, generally, is unsolicited commercial emails sent to places where it is not fitting. The definitions gets fuzzy at the edges because a lot depends upon the relationships of the senders and recipients as well as the content of the email. Side note: I'll say one thing about the HamLUG list and spam: it attracts international spam. We don't get the domestic stuff. We get German and Turkish spam. Is that something to do with the international nature of Linux? <g> Thank you for the invitation. I regret I won't be able to see Eric S. Raymond. I'll be leaving for Rhode Island the next day and have to get things together. J."Jon" D. Abolins By the way, for people wanting to learn more about Eris S. Raymond, his home page is at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/
