Re: Are signatures with URLs considered spam?
From: Matt Silberstein (RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 10/30/05
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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:22:40 GMT
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:36:02 GMT, in alt.computer.security , "Nick"
<psstcenter@shaw.ca> in <mo89f.354059$oW2.150955@pd7tw1no> wrote:
>I understand the point of using URLs as a reference to a certain subject
>being discussed, but using a signature with (many)URLs in_every_post, isn't
>it some kind of advertising (spam)?
Many is a term of art.* And advertising seems to imply, at least when
it is offensive, a goal of selling something. I put some information
in my sig regarding a political issue. I don't see why that offends so
many people.
*Unless we are trolls, in which case "many" is four: one, two, three,
many, many one, many two, ... lots.
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