Welcome to Colorado. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Coker" <stevenjcoker@netzero.net> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 1:05 PM Subject: RE:--Advertising on SCROOTS-----------Re: [SC] 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..................... > > > 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 > steve@scroots.org > > > Shop online without a credit card > http://www.rocketcash.com > RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > [SCRoots-Chat] http://www.egroups.com/group/SCRoots-Chat/ > SUBSCRIBE: SCRoots-Chat-subscribe@egroups.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >