"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
news:5c2n1pF2u91a8U1@mid.individual.net...[color=blue]
> "Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
> news:voadnVJ6BMvumcHbnZ2dneKdnZzinZ2d@pipex.net[color=green]
>> Ivor Jones wrote:[/color]
>
> [snip]
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>> > Right. The part of your sentence above "whoever they
>> > are" says it all to me. If they were a reputable
>> > organisation they wouldn't hide.[/color]
>>
>> I'm a reputable organisation but I don't display my
>> company information on every post I make. Neither do I
>> display a valid email address. Therefore by your
>> definition Ivor, every message I post is spam.[/color]
>
> Not at all. However if you were to try and advertise your business here,
> that would be spam.[/color]

If the OP was spam as you have said, you can tell us which company or
website he was advertising?
If you can not then the OP was not advertising his business and by your
definition is not SPAM