How do you define spam?

This forum is about boat building. Most of us use wood and woodworking
skills to build boats. He is informing us of a wood working resource. AFAIK,
that's what it's all about.

I also hate spam (just logged in and had over 60 spam e-mails). The spam
blizzard started just after Microsoft announced extra storage for extra $.
Coincidence?

Regards,
Wooden boat builder looking for internet resources.

"Backyard Renegade" wrote in message
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(William R. Watt) wrote in message
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Brian Blazer ) writes:
This month at the site www.spaltedboard.com you can win a free pirogue
boat kit!. There is nothing to buy, no spam, no catches.
www.spaltedboard.com is a woodworking forum that has been online for
over a year with over 500 current members. Every month there is a new
freebie. All you have to do is be the randomly selected
poster/contributer. Just being a member is not enough, you have to
participate to win.

yes, but the more registered participating members there are, the lower
any member's chance of winning the monthly freebee becomes. just out of
curiosity how much would it cost to ship a pirogue kit to a registered
participating member in New Zealand? the UK?

The guy is a spammer, pure and simple. Check out his posting history
he

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...anandkate.com+
I am actually surprised he even followed his post to answer you, most
spammers don't bother.
Spammers, are the scum of the earth.
Scotty

"Ron Alexander" lifted the trapdoor, peered around
and wrote:

How do you define spam?

Unsolicited commercial posting ... there, that was easy.

Usenet conventions allow regular contributors (including commercial) to
include a link to their sites in a short sig. file.

Personal recommendations from those with no gain are also generally
considered to be ok.

steveb

Therfore it was not spam since it was not commercial.
Before folks jump on somebody, they should look at the site.

"steveb" wrote in message
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"Ron Alexander" lifted the trapdoor, peered around
and wrote:

How do you define spam?

Unsolicited commercial posting ... there, that was easy.

Usenet conventions allow regular contributors (including commercial) to
include a link to their sites in a short sig. file.

Personal recommendations from those with no gain are also generally
considered to be ok.

steveb

"Ron Alexander" ) writes:
Therfore it was not spam since it was not commercial.
Before folks jump on somebody, they should look at the site.

I was the first to post a reply in this thread.
I pointed out the interesting fact that the more people signed the less
their chance of winning the monthly prize.
I was also curious to know if the poster had considered the cost of sending a
pirogue kit prize to any point on the planet as this newsgroup has an
international following.

Spam? Did I say anything about spam?


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(William R. Watt) wrote in message ...
"Ron Alexander" ) writes:
Therfore it was not spam since it was not commercial.
Before folks jump on somebody, they should look at the site.

I was the first to post a reply in this thread.
I pointed out the interesting fact that the more people signed the less
their chance of winning the monthly prize.
I was also curious to know if the poster had considered the cost of sending a
pirogue kit prize to any point on the planet as this newsgroup has an
international following.

Spam? Did I say anything about spam?

No it was me but it is time to move on now. Scotty