How about posting notices that a fanfic is complete and offering to e-mail 
it to interested parties?  It seems to me that has worked out pretty well.

I agree that spamming everyone of the ML with a fanfic posting is not the 
way to go.

Frank


On Sun, 30 Jul 1995, Thomas E Cardwell wrote:

> Please, to all the authors of Fan Fics, please do not post your stories to this

> Ranma Mailing List.  I know Kev in in the 6 hour bulk mode and I will also be
> moving to it also in a little while and I hate to have to scroll through 20+K
> of story text to get to the next article.
> 
> If you are posting Ranma Fan Fictions, post them to REC.ARTS.ANIME.STORIES where

> there will be seen by everyone and will be archived at ftp.std.edu. They will
> show up on the Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Archive Home Page within a short while.
> 
> I loved most of the Ranma Fan Fics out there but I have no time to read any of
> them due to my hectic work, school, and life.
> 
> If you have a Fan Fic that you want people to look at, email them directly.
> 
> Sorry to be complaining about it, I trying to say it the nicest way I can.
> 
> Thomas E. Cardwell II  (the Typo Man)
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