Re: OT: vendor contacts after list posting

["Waller, Michael A. (HSC)" <Michael-Waller () OUHSC EDU>]

As much as over-zealous vendors can be a nuisance, I think vendors who
demonstrate basic professionalism can add a great deal to these lists,
so I'd hate to see something overly restrictive.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Russell [mailto:prussell () ND EDU] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:32 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] OT: vendor contacts after list posting

On 4/11/2007 11:51, David Boyer wrote:
> For what it's worth, not long after making this posting I was
contacted by 
> Bradford Networks about their NAC products. I'm not sure how everyone
else
> feels, but it's a real turn off for me when vendors troll these
constituent
> group discussions to generate sales leads.
>  
> Maybe this is common practice and I'm just being naive. Any thoughts?

You can report the incident to the list owner by sending an email
message to
security-request () listserv educause edu. I do not know the policy in this
forum, so I have no idea what, if any, action might be taken. In many
forums,
this behavior is explicitly prohibited. In some forums, it will result
in
the vendor being expelled.

-- 
Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame
prussell () nd edu