Definitions
of SPAM:
Unsolicited "junk" e-mail sent
to large numbers of people to promote products
or services. Sexually explicit unsolicited
e-mail is called "porn spam."
Also refers to inappropriate promotional
or commercial postings to discussion groups
or bulletin boards.
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An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing
list, or USENET or other networked communications
facility as if it was a broadcast medium
by sending the same message to a large number
of people who didn't ask for it. Mass junk
E-mail.
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Junk mail. When you see the same make-money-fast
message in various newsgroups and in your
mailbox, the Net has been spammed. Since
most of these mass-mailing (or mass-posting)
messages are irrelevant to the groups and
recipients who get them, spam is considered
a serious breach of netiquette. Back to
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(also known as unsolicited commercial e-mail)
Unwanted, unsolicited junk e-mail to a large
number of recipients.
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Unsolicited bulk email, usually advertising,
on the Internet or Usenet newsgroup postings
sent to large numbers of people. It is considered
inappropriate to send such mail. See the
UC Davis site on email spam.
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Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.
Some people define spam even more generally
as any unsolicited e-mail.
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An article that is sent to hundreds or thousands
of different newsgroups, and has nothing
to do with any of them. Often advertisements
or "MAKE MONEY FAST"-type chain
letters. Very annoying and a very bad violation
of netiquette. The act of sending spam is
"spamming." Someone who sends
spam is a "spammer." The term
"spam" comes from the Monty Python
sketch where the name of the canned meat
product is used so often that it crowds
everything else out.
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Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.
Some people define spam even more generally
as any unsolicited e-mail. However, if a
long-lost brother finds your e-mail address
and sends you a message, this could hardly
be called spam, even though it's unsolicited.
Real spam is generally e-mail advertising
for some product sent to a mailing list
or newsgroup.
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Unwanted email sent to multiple strangers,
generally for the purpose orf advertising.
For more information see the site CAUCE
(Coalition Against Unwanted Email) (http://www.cauce.org/)
Often Spam is made to appear as if it is
sent from a server other than the one it
was sent from.
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(or Spamming) An inappropriate attempt to
use a mailing list, or USENET or other networked
communications facility as if it was a broadcast
medium (which it is not) by sending the
same message to a large number of people
who didn't ask for it. The term probably
comes from a famous Monty Python skit which
featured the word spam repeated over and
over. The term may also have come from someone's
low opinion of the food product with the
same name, which is generally perceived
as a generic content-free waste of resources.
(Spam is a registered trademark of Hormel
Corporation, for its processed meat product.)
E.g. Mary spammed 50 USENET groups by posting
the same message to each.
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An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing
list, or USENET or other networked communications
facility as if it was a broadcast medium
(which it is not) by sending the same message
to a large number of people who didn't ask
for it. The term probably comes from a famous
Monty Python skit which featured the word
spam repeated over and over. The term may
also have come from someone's low opinion
of the food product with the same name,
which is generally perceived as a generic
content-free waste of resources. (Spam is
a registered trademark of Hormel Corporation,
for its processed meat product.) E.g. John
Smith spammed 50 USENET groups by posting
the same message to each.
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Slang term for unsolicited commercial email.
Some go so far as to call any unwanted Internet
advertising, whether via email, newsgroups,
multiple search engine posting, etc. spam.
SFI's definitiion of spam can be found here.
The use of spam is strictly forbidden in
marketing SFI and is grounds for termination.
Spam is also illegal in some states. Don't
do it!
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An inappropriate attempt to use a mailing
list, or usenet, or other networked communications
facility as a broadcast medium by sending
the same message to a large number of people
including those who may not have needed
for it.
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(n) Unsolicited (usually commercial) e-mail
sent to a large number of addresses(v) To
send unsolicited e-mail to numerous addresses.
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Sending copies of the same message to large
numbers of newsgroups on the Internet or
sending unsolicited commercial e-mail. It
especially refers to inappropriate messages
aimed at generating responses. All of this
puts a strain on Internet resources and
is thus frowned upon by Internet users.
See Also: Maillist , USENET
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The Internet is a wonderful way of communicating,
just as postal mail ("snail mail")
has been in the past. Unfortunately, the
newsgroups and e-mail boxes of the world
have already developed their equivalent
to junk mail. It's called "spam,"
and it's not good Internet manners. When
you see the same make-money-fast message
in all the newsgroups and in your mailbox,
the Net has been spammed. Since most of
these mass-mailing (or mass-posting) messages
are irrelevant to the groups and recipients
who get them, spam is considered a serious
breach of Net etiquette.
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In the context of the Internet, electronic
junk mail that promotes a commercial product
or web site.
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Although SPAM is technically something else,
it usually refers to unsolicited e-mail.
Unsolicited e-mail is any email message
received where the recipient did not specifically
ask for it. Here's some good information
on unsolicited e-mail or try Network Abuse
Clearinghouse or Spamcop.
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Spam is e-mail sent indiscriminately to
a large number of recipients, usually promoting
a product or service. As e-mail costs close
to nothing to send, many people have taken
this as an invitation to send as much as
they can to as many people as they can find.
Spam in this sense is sort of like the electronic
equivalent of junk mail sent to "Occupant",
except that the recipient pays the vast
majority of the cost receiving the unwanted
mail. See: spam
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The Email equivalent of junk mail. The term
is used in particular to describe the practice
of sending the same message to a number
of different Usenet groups or mailing lists.
Some groups and mailing lists have rules
against spamming, and offenders can get
bombarded with flame mail.An inappropriate
attempt to use a mailing list, or USENET
or other networked communications facility
as if it was a broadcast medium (which it
is not) by sending the same message to a
large number of people who didn’t
ask for it. The term probably comes from
a famous Monty Python skit which featured
the word spam repeated over and over. The
term may also have come from someone’s
low opinion of the food product with the
same name, which is generally perceived
as a generic content-free waste of resources.
(Spam is a registered trademark of Hormel
Corporation, for its processed meat product.)
E.g. Mary spammed 50 USENET groups by posting
the same message to each. See Also: Mailing
list , USENET
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Spam is unsolicited e-mail on the Internet.
To the receiver it is the equivalent of
junk mail. Some apparently unsolicited e-mail
is in fact e-mail people agree to when registering
on a site.
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A spam is the act of sending the same message
to many newsgroups. Spamming is generally
done by commercial operations who view the
Internet purely as a way to sell products
and services. This use of the word spam
in this context was inspired by a Monty
Python sketch.
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Spam is an inappropriate attempt to use
an e-mail address, mailing list, newsgroup
or other networked communications facility
as if it was a broadcast medium by sending
the same message to a large number of people
who didn’t ask for it. You may get
Spam on free e-mail systems, offering free
Diplomas, free Credit evaluation, or other
services. You may try replying to the unsubscribe
address which must be sent along with unsolicited
e-mail but this rarely works with dedicated
spammers. The trick is to filter the e-mail
address it came from so that future e-mails
from this address are placed in your Trash
folder in your mail client.
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A message (typically an advertisement) sent
indiscriminately to a wide set of discussion
lists or newsgroups. Many users consider
spam to be an offensive and intrusive form
of junk mail.
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To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-site
buffer with excessively large input data.
Also, to cause a person or newsgroup to
be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate
messages.
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a canned meat made largely from pork
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unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial
nature sent out in bulk)
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send unwanted or junk e-mail
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