Hmmm.... seems to me it fits pretty squarely within the acceptance
guidelines of the Microsoft Rules of Conduct for the newsgroups:

Advertising/Solicitation: These communities were created as a forum
for providing peer-to-peer assistance related to using Microsoft
products and services. We ask that you refrain from posting
unsolicited advertisements that do not pertain directly to the
intended use and purpose of the newsgroup or chat.

peer-to-peer assistance: Yup - the conference is peer-to-peer
Microsoft Products: Yup - Excel and Access
pertain directly: Yup - as you said "on topic"

Dunno about Access groups, but these messages have been showing up
periodically in XL groups for a long while without objection.

Since they're of no interest to me, I usually just kill the thread...


In article ,
"Arvin Meyer [MVP]" wrote:

Follow also sent to poster:

Spamming is not permitted in these newsgroups even if it is on topic.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com