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Re: What is spam?
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Spam is unsolicited bulk email. That's the accepted definition.
> Sorry, but I'm a stickler on this point.
Hmm. Hmm. Not according to the Jargon File[1]. :)
(What definitive reference are you using?)
I think it's safe to say it is _an_ accepted definition, though! :)
--Todd
[1] http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/spam.html
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| (...) That one, but I was working from memory. (...) OK. I yield. It is AN accepted definition, not THE accepted definition. Most of the things we think of as spam are covered by senses 3,4 and 5 of their def. That includes mail you didn't ask for, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) And I wouldn't. Be careful of meme dilution. That advert is a "message from our sponsor" during a program you chose to watch. It's not spam. Mail the sponsor sends you because you didn't check the "I don't want mail" box (or because the ToS (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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17 Messages in This Thread: ![Spam by proxy ? -Ray Sanders (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.admin.general)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: Spam by proxy ? -Larry Pieniazek (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: Spam by proxy ? -Ray Sanders (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Solicitation, but not spam (was Re: Spam by proxy ? -Larry Pieniazek (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![What is spam? -Todd Lehman (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: What is spam? -Larry Pieniazek (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: What is spam? -James Brown (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: What is spam? -Todd Lehman (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: What is spam? -Frank Filz (19-Feb-00 to lugnet.market.theory)](/news/x.gif)
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