See also
http://www.aforumblog.com/2004/11/ne...me-please.html and
http://www.aardvarkbusiness.net/chat...?p=14723#14723.
I'm not impressed at all by newsguy's defense, by the way -- spam is spam, no matter how clever it is or how eloquently the spammer later apologizes for spamming. He is wasting the time and bandwidth of forums owners and members and, in my opinion, his attempt to claim it was above board and well-intentioned is absolute garbage.