newsgroups, Usenet, advertising.

Note from archivist@cs.uu.nl: This page is part of a big collection of Usenet postings, archived here for your convenience.
This FAQ does not attempt to describe in detail all the various ways in which one can conduct commercial activity over the Internet and attempts simply to explain the issues involved in advertising in Usenet newsgroups.
While it's true that Usenet users don't have much fondness for advertising, the real reason spamming is hated so much is because it's unbelievably *rude*.
When you spam by posting the same advertisement to hundreds or thousands of newsgroups, you're saying that your personal profit is more important than the discussions of millions of people.

newsgroups, business, Internet.

I started using the Microsoft FrontPage Web site creation and management tool just after Vermeer, the company that originally developed FrontPage, was purchased by Microsoft.
I was getting into working with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Web pages, starting a new custom Internet programming business, and hoping to take advantage of the Internet Database Connector (IDC) capabilities that were built into FrontPage version 1.1.
Most often, the answers came from a group of people that was referred to as Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs).
I was impressed with their professionalism and had the impression for a good while that they actually worked for Microsoft.
I also noticed that the general tenor of these newsgroups was both professional and friendly.

Newsgroups
http://www.raritanval.edu/departments/cis/full-time/Schwarz/internet/lesson8.htm

newsgroups, postings, headings.

Unlike E-mail, newsgroup messages don't clutter your mailbox because you read and respond to them from a news program such as Netscape Communicator's Collabra.
You can tell one thread from another because your newsreader keeps all articles from a single thread grouped together.
Also, responses to the original posting that created the thread generally have "re Thread Name" in the subject heading.
A newsreader downloads articles from newsgroups you subscribe to, and displays their subject headings in your newsreader.
It also provides an interface that allows you to maneuver between threads and respond to postings.
A newsgroup header can be even longer than an E-mail header.

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newsgroups, Usenet, advertising.

Advertising on Usenet is a frequently misunderstood subject.

Usenet is the system of online discussion groups, called "newsgroups," e.g. rec.humor, comp.misc, news.announce.newusers, talk.origins, misc.rural, alt.sex, and so forth.

This FAQ does not attempt to describe in detail all the various ways in which one can conduct commercial activity over the Internet and attempts simply to explain the issues involved in advertising in Usenet newsgroups.

It falls on each user to help preserve the culture of open discussion and free speech that Usenet has come to embody by not posting off-topic material.

When you spam by posting the same advertisement to hundreds or thousands of newsgroups, you're saying that your personal profit is more important than the discussions of millions of people.

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