An auctionbot relieves you of almost all of the day-to-day drudgery -- it parses incoming e-mail and strips out bids, handles updates, gives dollar totals, notifies people when their items have been overturned, creates Web pages with current standings, all sorts of neat things. AND, if it has had the kinks worked out, it doesn't make mistakes, so you can rest easy at night.

Unfortunately none are currently available for prime-time use. This is likely to be a hot topic in the next few months.

8 Jan 96 [TSL]