"BobS" writes:

"Scott Lurndal" wrote in message


Reply to what? You changed the subject and removed the references; there
was no way to attribute your reply to the message to which you were
replying.

What you should have done was prefaced your message with something to the
order of

spam deleted

...

Or better yet, just ignore the spammer.

scott


Scott,

Obviously for some, my initial response did not show up directly under the
spam post and they saw it possibly as a stand-alone post. My news reader
shows it directly under the spam post. No mistaking who it was aimed at.

Not everyone uses your newsreader. For many your post shows up as a
standalone post. just FYI.

s