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SPAM

SPAM

1. Unsolicited e-mail (or newsgroup posting) sent out in bulk, usually for commercial gain.

SPAM can cause considerable problems because it is generated in large volume - both the volume generated by a single spammer and because there are lots of spammers generating email. The large volume of spam clogs up network resources and wastes a considerable amount of time.

See also ASTA, ASFN, UBE, UCE, Spammer, Open Relay, RBL, DNSBL, Phishing, Address Munging, SPF, RNDR.

Relevant links:

www.mail-abuse.org/standard.html
www.monkeys.com/spam-defined
http://everything.explained.at/Spam_(electronic)/ - SPAM explained

2. Variant on the above: Unsolicited bulk e-mail from a stranger. This definition distinguishes between spam and 'opt-in e-mail'.

Relevant links:

www.templetons.com/brad/spume/define.html

3. The act of sending out spam. A spammer is said to spam when he/she sends out spam.

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