"Desk Rabbit" <nospam@example.com> wrote in message
news:6pCdnRK2gY1kUMPbnZ2dnUVZ8qOtnZ2d@pipex.net[color=blue]
> Ivor Jones wrote:[color=green]
> > "Desk Rabbit" <spam-me-not@example.com> wrote in message
> > news:ro6dnRjjpqExZsDbRVnyhwA@pipex.net
> >
> > [snip]
> >[color=darkred]
> > > So the Ivor definition of newsgroup spam based on what
> > > you have said in this thread, is that it is spam
> > > provided it advertises something (or not), has a
> > > valid email address (or not), has a web site (or not)
> > > and may at some point in the distant future lead to
> > > some possibility that there might just be the faint
> > > hint of a posting with some sort of commercial bias
> > > related to the original posting. Brilliant Ivor, just
> > > plain brilliant.[/color]
> >
> > Who said it was my definition..? Spam is spam is spam,
> > whoever defines it.[/color]
>
> From your own words in this thread:-
>
> "I assume they are asking people to respond here,
> eventually a business contact will come along. It's
> happened before that way."
> "Not at all. However if you were to try and advertise
> your business here, that would be spam."[/color]

Which is true, surely..? Are you saying that someone advertising here
*isn't* spam..?
[color=blue]
> "It isn't irrelevant. The post was spam. The lack of a
> valid address merely compounds it."
>
> "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."
> "Indeed. But a company that uses a munged address and
> doesn't provide a website where you can check out their
> products is somewhat suspicious to my mind."[/color]

None of those quotes seem relevant, I must be missing something. But it's
been a long day, maybe it'll come to me.
[color=blue]
> Your words Ivor, your words......
>
> If I could be arsed I'd find plenty more examples.[/color]

Feel free. Feel free to "plonk" me as well if you can be "arsed" - I won't
care.


Ivor