In article >, "Dave Gimbel"
> writes:

>Sorry about that, but I was responding to a question. On the other hand
>while checking your signature on your post to me I came across a link to
>your commercial enterprise (bed and breakfast) including the price for a
>night's stay.
>Must say it's one way of sneaking commercial posts onto the NG using the
>back door approach.
>

First of all, since you keep changing the subject line, depending on newsreader
it might be quite difficult to keep track of what you're responding too.
Especially offline newsreaders which group by subject heading, not thread.
Might I respectfully suggest that you only switch headings if a drastic change
in subject matter occurs, in which case the best method is to note the switch
in your subject (for example "Loire Chenin Blanc (was Aussie Fruit Bombs) "

As to Ian's sig, this group was set up as a commercial-free newsgroup. From the
first days of Usenet, signatures have been exempt from the normal Usenet
requirements of being "on-topic," which means that they could contain any type
of content, commercial or not. However, they should be < 4 lines in length.

I don't think anyone here would object to your including your website in your
sig, as long as you participated in the general discussion (as opposed to
previous posters who have just repeatedly posted inanities to just get their
sig line up). I don't think anyone who has paid attention to this group for any
time would think that is Ian's motivation.
Dale

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