Ivor Jones wrote:[color=blue]
> "Infant Newbie" <infant@newbie.new> wrote in message
> news:f32j6p$a5h$1@news.freedom2surf.net[color=green]
>> "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:5bjb8hF2srgukU1@mid.individual.net...[color=darkred]
>>> "Infant Newbie" <infant@newbie.new> wrote in message
>>> news:f305k2$fij$1@news.freedom2surf.net
>>>> We will launch a new VOIP service soon. We are
>>>> sounding out u guys n gals in this newsgroup! Tell me
>>>> what you would like from our service
>>> No spam.
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>> What makes this spam?[/color]
>
> It's unsolicited. That's the definition of spam.[/color]

In that case, every single root message is spam.

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>> It is a genuine request. This is a
>> group with quite considerable discussion about the pros
>> and cons of VOIP Service Providers. Why dont we try and
>> get some Do's and Dont's from knowledgeable people? I am
>> not advertising any site at all.[/color]
>
> Of course not.
>
> <Plonk>
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> Ivor
>
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