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Kevin Salm <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote:
> From my perspective, the use of the word SPAM [1] to define the offending email
> is inappropriate. It can be assumed that the only recipients were known Lego
[snip]
Yes, technically it was Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE), or perhaps even
Unsolicited Bulk Commercial E-mail. But these days the term "spam" (not
upper-case SPAM Luncheon Meat, the trademarked, um, food product) is used as
a generic term covering a whole host of ills.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/
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