Re: UKNM: Finding & sponsoring newsgroups

[Chris Heathcote]

At 3:24 pm +0200 on 8/7/99, Talbot & Nagel advertising wrote:


>Where can I find a list of newsgroups for the printing industry. Any

>ideas?

>

>Plus, anyone have any advice regarding sponsoring a newsgroup (as Excite

>does UKNM).


I think you've got mailing lists and newsgroups confused.


Most publicly available newsgroups aren't sponsored, and cannot be

sponsored. You could set up your own news server, with your own

newsgroups, and try and tempt people to connect (or newsadmins to

carry), but unless you're Microsoft, it's unlikely to work.


Mailling lists *are* owned by an individual or a company: how open

they are to sponsorship is completely up to them.


But remember, the more you thrust your name down someone's throat

without added content, the more net advertising smells like spam.


c.

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