Re: Banned URL

From: Matt Silberstein (RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 10/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:39:28 GMT

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:20:54 +0100, in alt.computer.security , Michael
Thompson <news@thompsonmike.co.uk> in
<1vl733-o3n.ln1@polaris.thompsonmike.co.uk> wrote:

>Matt Silberstein bashed at the keyboard and came up with this gem of wisdom
>in alt.computer.security:
>
>
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:05:53 +0200, in alt.computer.security , Jim
>> Watt <jimwatt@aol.no_way> in
>> <ac52m117kqeisvh5pg2g6nk764gf9fqnbk@4ax.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:49:13 GMT, Matt Silberstein
>>><RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't have my website in my sig. And I am sorry if I am giving too
>>>>many lines to try to prevent genocide. I guess you have more important
>>>>things on your mind.
>>>
>>>This group is about computer security, there are a lot of other
>>>problems in the world this is not the place for them
>>>
>> And the content of my post was about computer security. That you
>> decided to make my sig an issue suggests that you have interests other
>> than computer security.
>>
>>>>> it looks
>>>>>more like a cheap attempt to put your political message in peoples
>>>>>face rather than anything serious.
>>>>
>>>>Oh wow, I would try to get people to know about genocide, how immoral
>>>>of me.
>>>
>>>ah so you are spamming.
>>
>> No, I was posting an on topic question about a security issue.
>
>Spamming via your sig.

It was not a bulk message, it was not off-topic. What made it spam? Is
there a "two URL" limit that was established when I was not looking?

>Your admission

Your sentence fragment 

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