[MUD-Dev] Re: Adverts in email on the list.

["Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com>]

On  8 Aug 98, quzah wrote:
> 
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> 
> URL:http://www.geocities.com
> 
> and sign up for some free web space, and a free email account.
> Not only is it not web based email, it is a pop mail account,
> which we can all argee (or most of us) is much better than a
> access-through-web-pages type. (Heh, I wasn't sneaking in with
> a free account or anything ;) it just happens that is how I
> get my email.) At any rate, it's not an intentional plug for
> said site, but it is free, and at least for now, they're not
> putting a bunch of crap into your messages. (If they do, I'll
> be finding another, because it annoys the hell out of me when
> they do that... sure, they're hosting it, but I still find it
> to be a bother.)

I've followed geocities.com and other free web page links in doing 
research.  Clearly such sites are not wholly "free".  The price one 
pays, is tacit agreement to allow your web page content to be marred 
with rotating advertisements that are unrelated to your content and 
in many cases such content may be construed as offensive and obscene.

YMMV :)
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