Just out of curiousity, is he banned because he's promoting another forum (which many others have done in threads) or because he is sending Spam PM's to do it (and in many cases, multiple ones...)

I too received one and disregarded, but the PM wasn't offensive (although I'll admit being upset if I was getting them regularly like some are).

To clarify, I don't oppose the conclusion...just curious as to the basis.

This guy went to a lot of trouble to send all these PMs. I think this underscores the potential commercial value of an active forum and the indirect contribution that TE makes to support this one and not commercialize it like others out there.