Spam - Creativyst(R) Glossary of developer terms.

1. Put plainly, spam is junk mail that is sent via email. It is a bad thing. The Anti-Spam Home Page describes it this way:

A "spam" e-mail is generally defined as an unsolicited mailing, usually to many people. A message written for, and mailed to, one individual that is known to the sender is not spam, and a reply to an e-mail is not spam, unless the "reply" repeats endlessly.

Spam e-mailers have become a separate part of the Internet, with their own host computers, methods, and politics. Many Internet sites have begun to forbid spamming, for several reasons – one is a sense that it is unethical, another is that, over time, other Internet sites will stop all e-mail from that site and thus prevent legitimate e-mail from getting through. As a result, spammers have begun to set up their own Internet sites -- sites that cater to, or encourage, spamming.

2. A type of canned meat (or at least that's the general concensus) that was once used for k-rations. Some people love it, but some people "don't like spam".

	1. Put plainly, spam is junk mail that is sent via email. It is a bad thing. The Anti-Spam Home Page describes it this way: A "spam" e-mail is generally defined as an unsolicited mailing, usually to many people. A message written for, and mailed to, one individual that is known to the sender is not spam, and a reply to an e-mail is not spam, unless the "reply" repeats endlessly. Spam e-mailers have become a separate part of the Internet, with their own host computers, methods, and politics. Many Internet sites have begun to forbid spamming, for several reasons – one is a sense that it is unethical, another is that, over time, other Internet sites will stop all e-mail from that site and thus prevent legitimate e-mail from getting through. As a result, spammers have begun to set up their own Internet sites -- sites that cater to, or encourage, spamming. 2. A type of canned meat (or at least that's the general concensus) that was once used for k-rations. Some people love it, but some people "don't like spam".
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