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
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
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
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
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
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
In computing, to spam people or organizations means to send unwanted e-mails to a large number of them, usually as advertising. programs that let you spam the newspapers. Spam is also a noun. a small group of people fighting the spam plague. + spamming spam·ming The consultant who suggested using spamming to raise the company's profile has been fired. A trademark used for a canned meat product consisting primarily of chopped pork pressed into a loaf. a type of cheap canned meat made mainly from pork. to send the same message to many different people using email or the Internet, usually as a way of advertising something - used to show disapproval (Probably from Spam). email messages that a computer user has not asked for and does not want to read, for example from someone who is advertising something
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Top
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 didnt 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 someones 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
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
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
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
(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
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!
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
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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