Date   : Fri, 19 Jul 1985 15:25:27 EDT
From   : David Towson (SECAD) <towson@AMSAA.ARPA>
Subject: DON'T RESPOND TO FOR SALE NOTICES VIA THIS LIST!!!

Readers of info-cpm - From time to time, people offer items for sale via
usenet news and these notices are gatewayed to info-cpm.  Use of the
government sponsored Defense Data Network (over which we operate) for
commercial purposes is not allowed.  It is unavoidable that some such
happenings will occur via the mechanism just described.  The only way to stop
that would be to cut the usenet gateway, which most agree would be shooting
ourselves in the foot.

     But dammit, there is NO EXCUSE for carrying on sale negotiations via
this newsgroup.  I don't care how crummy your mailer is; if you can't send
your reply to the seller without sending a copy to info-cpm THEN DON'T SEND IT
AT ALL!



Dave Towson, info-cpm-request