If your posting about a great new "Guru" Ebook or video, check to see if your post passes the "Spam Test" If your free offer requires users to input an email to gain access, plain and simple, it is spam. If you can't post a direct link, you are obviously mining emails. Don't bother. I think I can spreak for many DP members. WE ARE NOT IDIOTS.
That's not always true, you must do those things just to be able to post here in the forums. Also, you can always give a fake email address to sign up. And, by the way, "spam" is unsolicited email by definition, not an offer for a product or service on a public forum. (that is simply a sales pitch)