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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Kieran Brady writes:
>
> > I am not a retailer, I am not out to make a quick buck, I just
> > wanted to help....
> > God knows, most of us spend more than we should on Lego :-) - if • there's
> > anything going a bit cheaper than normal, I myself am usually 'up for • it',
> > and I welcome any solicitations through newsgroups or
> > direct email that concerns good deals on Lego sets that otherwise I • might
> > never have access to buying.
> > If I don't want to buy, I just trash it (the email)(but keep the • sender's
> > address - who knows what he/she might find for us next month?)
>
> Yet another argument for an "opt in" list.
>
> I'd gladly receive targeted, brief, occasional mail (NOT auction updates
> unless i request them, mind you, but announcements of upcoming auctions,
> sales, etc) from any responsible LEGO sellers that think their wares might • be
> of interest to me. I bet there are a lot of people who feel the same way. • I
> hesitate to suggest posting a list of email addresses on a web page, • that's not
> secure enough, it's just asking to be harvested by a trolling spambot.
>
> Anyone out there bored and clever enough to write a little doohickey that • lets
> one register interest to a list of addresses and will forward mail on to • that
> list after collecting the real address of the forwarder and checking to • see
> that it is real (perhaps by mailing out a confirmation code that has to be • used
> when one is ready to mail the real thing) ??
>
> It's not high priority enough to get Todd to do right now I don't suspect, • but
> eventually it belongs here, I reckon.
Would setting up a group called l.m.auction.announce and then subscibing by
e-mail not do the same thing?
Scott A
>
> Mhmm... I bet using eGroups to set up a mailing list that anyone can mail • to,
> but that the name of isn't known publicly so it doesn't appear in their • public
> groups list may well serve almost the same purpose and be less development
> effort.
>
> If this (or my first suggestion) was done I suspect someone could add info • on
> it to the bst homepage and then sellers would be able to use it. If it • existed,
> at THAT point all the fire and brimstone some people are throwing around • is
> justifiable. (well it is now, too, really, I guess.)
>
> ++Lar
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