7 Jan
2002
7 Jan
'02
3:37 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 11:28:55AM +1300, Simon Byrnand wrote:
To use your own analogy its like TV advertisers being able to force you to watch their ads even when the TV is turned OFF. :)
There are safeguards in place to prevent unacceptable material being pushed down your throat through the television. They seem to work quite well; I don't remember Oscar ever having his Wigglesvission interrupted by advertisements for pornography. If you accept e-mail as a viable channel for advertising, you need to find a way to police advertising standards. Sounds like a hard problem. Joe - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog