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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Coker" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Advertising on SCROOTS-----------Re: NEW SC HISTORY/GEN
SITE


 At 05:09 PM 3/13/01, you wrote:
> >It appears to me all these "by way of"s are thinly disguised
advertisements
> >for the company whose name is appended at the end---------
> >If it smells like SPAM.....................
>
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> The advertisements you are referring to in the emails are added
> automatically by the various servers that the messages flow through.
>
> I moved last fall from South Carolina to Colorado.  Since the move I have
> been temporarily using free email services such as netzero.com, juno.com,
> and bluelight.com to send email.  These free services add advertisements
to
> all email sent through their servers.  I can't stop that until I get
> resettled and signup with a paid Internet Service Provider again.
>
> Also, the Rootsweb email servers add advertisements to all the Forum
> email.  I have the power to turn those off, but I choose not to because
> Rootsweb needs the revenue they get from these advertisements.  Since
> Rootsweb provides us with this free service, I choose to help them make
> some money to pay the bills.
>
> To be considered Spam an email message has to be "unsolicited" email.  The
> Forum email is solicited by each subscribe by the act of
> subscribing.  Therefore, Forum email cannot be considered as Spam
> email.  Each subscriber has the power to stop the messages by
unsubscribing.
>
> Steven J. Coker
> Forum Manager
> [email protected]
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