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spam (spăm) pronunciation
n.

Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.


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spam

Unwanted or unsolicited commercial e-mail message from someone you do not know or with whom you do not have an established business relationship. Spam is the electronic equivalent of junk mail. Internet etiquette demands that marketers refrain from sending e-mail to consumers who have not indicated an interest in communicating with them. Several states have enacted or proposed legislation against spam. The Direct Marketing Association urges Internet marketers to utilize an opt-in mechanism, allowing consumers to give or rescind permission for e-mails to be sent. See also flame.




hmm.....most of the "spam" that i see on CC is actually amusing to read...not annoying!

You forgot the canned meat-wannabe definition.

wicked wrote:You forgot the canned meat-wannabe definition.

I would have remembered it if I was more hungry

Here ya go!

So this doesn't get locked but threads celebrating indepence days of Malawi or Algeria do?

Wow wicked, just wow

Kaplowitz wrote:hmm.....most of the "spam" that i see on CC is actually amusing to read...not annoying!

depends on who you ask. and your definitions seem to just be for email, not forums.

I'm just curious... the word has been thrown around a lot lately, and I'd be interested to know if it could be pinned down to anything objective. I've always assumed it meant, in the context of forums, "posting for posting's sake, without any real subject or meaning." Is this wrong? Does anybody have any better definitions? I noticed that there is no definition in the Forum Guidelines... which leaves it up to various moderators' discretion. I imagine it makes the job a lot harder, to not have a specific rule to go by.

EDIT: I just saw Klapowitz's thread below... seems he beat me to it, in a way. But I think this is more direct and to-the-point, for some of our between-the-lines impaired members.