XPost: alt.collecting.stamp, alt.collecting.stamps.software, alt   
   collecting.stamps.us   
   XPost: alt.collecting.stamps.worldwide, alt.fan.stamp.collecting,   
   alt.marketing.online.ebay   
   XPost: alt.marketplace.online.ebay, alt.philatelic.com   
   From: email4rjn@yahoo.com   
      
   > Greg B.  wrote:   
      
   > Please inform me which group dosen't allow advertising   
   > stamp auctions and I will not make this mistake again.   
      
   You need to assume that any arbitrary newsgroup   
   prohibits ads unless they are explicitly allowed.   
   Auction ads are generally allowed in:   
      alt.marketplace.* groups   
      
   So you can list auctions in:   
      alt.marketplace.online.ebay   
   but no one will read them, and you need to consider   
   whether any netnews ads actually work.   
      
   > On the subject of integrity, you could have simply   
   > e-mailed me of my error.   
      
   The first time a customer brings an elephant into   
   the china shop, the shopkeeper politely explains   
   that elephants are not welcome. After about the   
   10th elephant, the shopkeeper start shooting them.   
   After 100, he starts shooting their owners, too.   
      
   We've had at least 3 spams so far today, and the   
   day is young.   
      
   > But I guess some people just need public attention.   
      
   No, the point of the point posted responses is so   
   that other would-be spammers see that, unlike in   
   alt.marketplace.online.ebay, ads get replies here.   
   They just might look at the replies (before they   
   post), and catch a clue. And in this case, posting   
   the response was all I did. I can't speak for others.   
      
   Steps are taken to prevent this ng from turning into   
   a cesspool like alt.marketing.online.other, full of   
   junk nobody reads. If you're lucky, no one has filed   
   complaints with the auction site, your ISP and your   
   NNTP posting host. Such complaints are often effective.   
      
   In general, netnews will serve you if you participate   
   as a contributor in topics related to your product.   
   A discrete URL in your .SIG will guide interested   
   buyers to your site, and then your auctions.   
      
   ... and no, I'm not auctioning anything at the moment.   
      
   --   
   Regards, Bob Niland                        mailto:name@ispname.tld   
   http://www.access-one.com/rjn           email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com   
   NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)