Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:40:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Freebies List Spammed
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Ted White wrote:

> From: <ronkean at juno.com>
>
> [...]
>>
>> wildly off-topic.  So if a political message from a new member seems to
>> be on topic, I will let the message go through, even though the message
>> may in fact be hit and run spam.
>
> Referring to your last sentence:  Aren't we broadening the definition of
> "spam" a bit far to include any kind of political rant not sent out by the
> thousands/millions?

But a lot of us would consider as spam political rants that _are_ sent out
by the thousands/millions.  Stuff from the Democratic/Republican national
committees, MoveOn.org, NOW, NARAL...  Of course, NARAL material isn't
spam, because I approve of them.

-- Dick Eney