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Subject:	Re: Clear line between Auctions and Trades
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:33:38 GMT
Reply-To:	cjc@newsguy.AVOIDSPAMcom
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > People can also be discreet and put stuff in their sigs like this: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bob Snorgleblortz - bobsnorg@foofoo.glorp.com - LEGO Technic/Trains fan! > 100 sets to trade/sell! --> http://www.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=xxxx > > (where xxxx is of course the actual message number) > > That would be a great way to reach an additional bunch of people, and it > could even be done in any group. Hrmmm.... that's interesting to hear. I have been executing a command each time I read Lugnet discussion groups that changes my sig from my 4 line version that includes a reference to JABA to a 2 line version that does not, mainly because I didn't think reference to it in my sig would be appropriate in anything BUT the .auction group. I will stop switching if you say it's ok to leave that info in there. -- Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - A great new resource for LEGO fans worldwide

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		Re: Clear line between Auctions and Trades
(...) Wow, I didn't even notice. Thanks for going through all that trouble. But it's never been against the rules to include anything like that in a sig. What's against the rules is posting auction announcements and/or updates in non-auction groups. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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		Re: Clear line between Auctions and Trades
(...) Right. The other part is to keep auction announcements out of the trade group. Announcements are just as much "noise" as updates are (to people who hate auctions). And it's also human nature (when it comes to selling) to bend the rules as much (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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