Unsubscribe: davecarl@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dena Horton" <dreaming_yet_awake@hotmail.com> To: <AL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 12:34 AM Subject: [AL-Civil War] An explanation and guidelines re: SPAM > Okay folks, let me explain my standing on this subject. > > It was not, and never was, the information I am against. It is sending > someone to your list, web site, or service without being asked, that I > consider spam. Out of the blue offering is generally considered spam if you > do not know what the rules of each list are. If someone has a specific > question about something, I see nothing wrong with someone telling them they > have the info on their web site, or know where they can go and find it. But, > if you are offering in the tone of this email, I will consider it spam, > unless you have gone through me first. If I didn't do this, we would have > spam running out of our ears, seeing as how I get over 20 emails a day with > the list address as the intended > target. > > I, being in charge of this list, have to make decisions based on what I > get in my inbox. Most of what I get is similar to this email. I meant no > disrespect, and did offer a different choice. I would be more than happy to > list anyones services, volunteering or otherwise, on our proper website. Not > in our email list. > > As for there being Alabama Union soldiers, I know this too well. I have > quite a few on my daddies side of the family that lived in and around > Winston County. One who served and helped Bill Looney, of Looney Taverns > fame. I am not now, nor ever have been, ashamed of these men. They had their > own ideals of what was right and died proving it. > > If you are in question of what is and what is not allowed, my email > address is posted in the same area where you signed up for the list, or you > can send an email to the list and ask. It is not only polite, it is > required, before sending out an email on a list offering a service, free or > otherwise. I myself have given out many addresses to places that I may not > use, but someone will, but not without some thought as to what they are for > and who is offering them. > > I truly hope I did not offend anyone else. I just wanted the matter to > be upfront and open. I am not against information, and I will privately > email anyone that sends something I think would be better suited to be on > the web page, then tell the list about our newest form of getting > information in an email myself, so that no one gets the wrong idea about > what is spam and what is not and/or what is allowed and what is not. I would > not spam my own list, nor do I allow everyone to send in this type of email. > If I let one person do it, I would have to allow everyone to do it, I just > didn't feel that was the purpose of this list. > > If I am being too harsh, please someone tell me, it is your list as > well. If you would like a free day to offer a service, let me know. If I > should post more of these kinds of services, tell me. If not I will continue > to go along as I have been. > > Thanks for reading my babble....and as always, good luck guys and gals > in finding that elusive one. > > Dena Ward-Horton > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >