Bob Blaylock said:I don't see what that has to do with anything. It was an advertisement posted to a newsgroup that
doesn't permit advertisements. That makes it spam.
I don't want to encourage spam or advertising, but I see this comment regularly. Unfortunately, it
is incorrect. Apart from SPAM being multiple mailings rather than to a few NGs, the charter does not
forbid this.
The following is from the FAQs; in fact the OP could probably argue that the request falls within
the ambit of paragraph 1. He could certainly argue that it is not excluded.
If you feel the charter is inadequate, that is a different problem that may need review in this
different ng era. I would be very happy if someone could show I am wrong, as I also detest SPAM.
I didn't go further into news.announce.newusers, maybe the rules there amplify re advertising. Even
if you applied the a.s.d charter in lieu of m.h.d the request was not commercial.
Subject: The newsgroup charter
The actual charter which led to the creation of the newsgroup in May 1993 follows. This charter was
proposed by Steve Kirchoefer <swkirch(AT)chrisco.nrl.navy.mil> and approved by a public vote of the
Usenet readership, and is the official statement of the scope and purpose of this newsgroup.
1. The purpose of misc.health.diabetes is to provide a forum for the discussion of issues
pertaining to diabetes management, i.e.: diet, activities, medicine schedules, blood glucose
control, exercise, medical breakthroughs, etc. This group addresses the issues of management of
both Type I (insulin dependent) and Type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes. Both technical
discussions and general support discussions relevant to diabetes are welcome.
2. Postings to misc.health.diabetes are intended to be for discussion purposes only, and are in no
way to be construed as medical advice. Diabetes is a serious medical condition requiring direct
supervision by a primary health care physician.
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Subject: Newsgroup posting guidelines
The following posting guidelines were adopted by a vote of m.h.d participants in September 1994.
Posting guidelines for misc.health.diabetes:
Postings to misc.health.diabetes should be compliant with the standards for all material posted to
Usenet. The following articles may be found in news.announce.newusers, and should be reviewed by
all posters:
-Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette -Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
about Usenet -A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community -Rules for posting to Usenet -
What is Usenet?
Posting to misc.health.diabetes should be compliant with the group charter, [which is in the
previous section].
In addition to the above, the following guidelines are emphasized as particularly relevant for
contributions to misc.health.diabetes:
-No personal attacks or insults. Avoid argumentative debates. Responses should concentrate on the
issues presented.
-No private discussions. Take private discussions to email. When in doubt, use email.
-Edit responses to avoid unnecessary inclusions of earlier postings.
-Edit subject lines as necessary to remain consistent with the topic.
-Support factual statements with your sources. If you can not recall the source, then say so. Do not
imply authority which you can not actually support.
Additional information can be found in the general FAQ posted periodically to this group.
Cheers Alan, T2, Oz dx May 2002, diet and exercise.
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Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
