On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:59:51 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , "News
Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote:
>"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>news:fgrb63l6netk2atimqir670b6p3u6o84d0@4ax.com.. .
>> Please don't reply to spammers,
<snip>.
>
>However, the idea of this message is to engage the thoughts of other users
>of this newsgroup rather than (or in addition to) the spammer.

The correct response was "yeah, but occasionally I slip up", at which
point I'd have let it drop.

However: had you not reposted, I would not have seen the spam at all.
The same is probably true for others with good personal or
server-based filters.
To make it worse, you reposted the URL, thus giving the spammer more
free advertising.

>P.p.s. As for cluttering - it shouldn't do that or impact anyone. One of the
>whole ideas and principles of newsgroups is threading - don't like the
>subject or thread? - leave it closed! No clutter, no intrusion, etc. Hope
>that helps. Best wishes and bye for now.

No shit sherlock?
--
Mark McIntyre