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Subject:Re: extraneous messages From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Jan 1995 15:09:53 -0800
Bill Burns said:
> I personally don't find job listings and career-specific product information
> offensive, but some people might have a lower threshold than I.
I DESPISE job listings that don't list the location in the subject line.
But otherwise I am in favor of them, and of STC/NWU meeting ads.
> Is it poor 'netiquette to respond spontaneously
> to a humorous interchange between other members of the group?
If you want this list to remain a professional list, and if this is your
only contribution to the discussion, then I think it's a nonproductive
thing to do on a regular basis.
