<<
inappropriate use
>>

It was a certaily a strange use and not particularly
useful posting.


1. The subject line was at best "vague" ...

   FOR SALE: Palm M125

   would have been a better title.


2. The message was bla bla bla ...

   The number one thing I want to know about
   a Palm is how many Meg it comes with.

   And then maybe something about the display.

   And there was no link to a more technical
   description,



3. The price was, well..


   My latest MacWarehouse has a

   m100 (2 mb) for $99
   m105 (8 mb) for $149


But as the owner of a Palm Professional, a Visor
Handspring, and Newton 130, I just trashed the
orignal message - more email spam.   (Though trashing
email is not as wasteful as trashing the campus
"End of Semester Sale" flyer I got the other day.)

Maybe what UVM needs is a home page with paid
advertising. community announcements, a readily
avaliable calendar, online job applications, etc.

Certainly the Bookstore is no more abusive of email
than other administrative units who routinely spam
our mail boxes.

Steve