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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 19:14:59 -0500 All subject lines in rec.bicycles.marketplace should stick to the following codes. [CODE]:<Size><Item><Price> Where <CODE> = FS (for sale), WTB (wanted to buy), WTT (wanted to trade). <Size> would, of course, be omitted for some items. Commercial vendors could use the following: COM:<spam> Where <spam> would be the crap enticement to go to the web site, email, etc. There is no space between the Code, the colon, and the size of the item to conserve space and make sure the complete subject comes out. Following this nomenclature would permit newsreaders to see similar items grouped together and would highlight spam which would not follow the nomenclature. The argument that "I have a buch of stuff to sell/buy so it would require bunches of posts" is without merit. First, "Regular" people don't have bunches of stuff so it would be a "COM:" post. Second, if a regular person does have a buch of stuff, simply post the same message with the proper subject lines for each item. Several posts, but only one copy and paste from your word processor.
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