quoted 5 lines personally, I like hearing about events that are going on in my area, but I
>personally, I like hearing about events that are going on in my area, but I
>can't help but feel like seedy promoter when I use a discussion list to push
>my shows. if everyone were to do the same, this list would quickly become
>overcrowded with announcements, and it is obvious that some people already
>think that it is.
There is nothing wrong with continuing to contribute high-quality and
on-topic posts while affixing a couple lines below your signature with a
pointer to the information you desire to point people to. In fact, it's
a time-tested technique that has been proven by 10 years of mailing list
concerns such as yours. A short example:
<some message>
<your name>
Patagonia IDM Events
http://groups.blah.com/patagoniaIDM
Simple, eh?
Of course, it doesn't have the "LOOK AT ME RIGHT NOW" bombast of an entire
message constructed to be a flyer of sorts, but it does deal with your
concerns for crowding the list and it lets you get your message out.
-eric
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