With all due respect to everyone, including the alleged spammer, this
has been my rule since '84.
If you are in a discussion group, dont advertise something unless
someone posts a question where a product would act as a specific
solution to their specific need. The advertiser would then be expected
to mention how exactly the product advertised affects the output of the
question, or solves the problem posed by said question. Obviously, this
thread should be either moved to another list or else just killed since
spam has no direct links to PHP, nor did Rekall have any direct link to
any question posed on the PHP general list.
Ultimately, it is the list moderators responsibility to establish a set
of core rules for interaction inside this 'virtual world' we all use to
help others learn PHP. I do not know that this list has any core rules
defined. On my lists, where rules are not defined, I just delete
spammers without warning or notice, and furthermore ban that email
address from the list permenantly. But then again, I am just oldschool
BOFH from the eighties.
I say let us allow this thread to die and/or let the owners/moderators
handle it as they see fit. What if the alleged spammer is friends with
Rasmus Lerdorf? Would that affect your opinion? Not mine, but just
something to ponder as we allow the dead [posts] to rest in peace.