Question:
can anyone tell me what is spam?
Monty D
2009-03-31 05:10:09 UTC
can anyone tell me what is spam?
25 answers:
2009-03-31 05:14:49 UTC
1) a canned meat made largely from pork

2) E-mail spam, also known as "bulk e-mail" or "junk e-mail," is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients
sj
2009-03-31 05:16:56 UTC
E-mail spam, also known as junk e-mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk.[1][2][3][4][5] "UCE" refers specifically to unsolicited commercial e-mail.



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Susan
2016-03-02 09:23:18 UTC
If I listened to all the spam I got I would: Win the lottery on a daily basis, have a bigger haha (and I don't even OWN a haha), be the proud owner of count 'em 2,689 Rolex watches, be smarter, prettier and drive a better car than my neighbors, AND be the best cook that ever lived! Hey....that all sounds pretty good!(Except for the haha) WHY am I deleting them again?
Lil' D.
2009-03-31 05:14:00 UTC
Which spam? I know of two spam(s).



#1 spam - a food ( here is a pic : http://inventorspot.com/files/images/1559606_340_1116081430036-spam.jpg )



#2 spam - E-mail spam, also known as junk e-mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk.[1][2][3][4][5] "UCE" refers specifically to unsolicited commercial e-mail.



E-mail spam has steadily, even exponentially grown since the early 1990s to several billion messages a day. Spam has frustrated, confused, and annoyed e-mail users. Laws against spam have been sporadically implemented, with some being opt-out and others requiring opt in e-mail. The total volume of spam (over 100 billion emails per day as of April 2008[update]) has leveled off slightly in recent years, and is no longer growing exponentially. The amount received by most e-mail users has decreased, mostly because of better filtering. About 80% of all spam is sent by fewer than 200 spammers. Botnets, networks of virus-infected computers, are used to send about 80% of spam. Since the cost of the spam is borne mostly by the recipient[6], it is effectively postage due advertising.



E-mail addresses are collected from chatrooms, websites, newsgroups, and viruses which harvest users' address books, and are sold to other spammers. Much of spam is sent to invalid e-mail addresses. ISPs have attempted to recover the cost of spam through lawsuits against spammers, although they have been mostly unsuccessful in collecting damages despite winning in court.
JasonWeiWei
2009-03-31 05:15:56 UTC
Spamming- the illegal and irritating way of flooding up people's mail with messages that are all inane and yet the same. And dont worry theres this thing called the spam filtering software. u can download it free, its convenient as your internet and computer will prompt u to download it. Hope this will help my friend.
Asif Yaqub
2009-03-31 05:15:13 UTC
This concept is basically used in computer languages, and Spam is actually those files or mails, or issues which are not important for any user and he do not want to use or we can say these things are not important for him
Snoopy
2009-03-31 05:13:21 UTC
Specially Processed American Meat.



Nah, sorry. SPAM refers to the junk mail in your email. These messages are often unwanted, unsolicited, and sent out in mass quantities to random email addresses.
joie
2009-03-31 05:14:20 UTC
I think Spam is meat, some kind of pork, & it comes in a can. Better stock up on this in your food pantry... the way Obama keeps going that's all you'll be able to have to eat!
?
2009-03-31 05:14:41 UTC
Spam has a couple of meanings. The name of the foodstuff is an amalgamation of the words "Spiced Ham". The origin of the term for junk e-mails is allegedly derived from a Monty Python sketch.
2009-03-31 07:17:07 UTC
Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender.



There are two main types of spam, and they have different effects on Internet users. Cancellable Usenet spam is a single message sent to 20 or more Usenet newsgroups. (Through long experience, Usenet users have found that any message posted to so many newsgroups is often not relevant to most or all of them.) Usenet spam is aimed at "lurkers", people who read newsgroups but rarely or never post and give their address away. Usenet spam robs users of the utility of the newsgroups by overwhelming them with a barrage of advertising or other irrelevant posts. Furthermore, Usenet spam subverts the ability of system administrators and owners to manage the topics they accept on their systems.



Email spam targets individual users with direct mail messages. Email spam lists are often created by scanning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching the Web for addresses. Email spams typically cost users money out-of-pocket to receive. Many people - anyone with measured phone service - read or receive their mail while the meter is running, so to speak. Spam costs them additional money. On top of that, it costs money for ISPs and online services to transmit spam, and these costs are transmitted directly to subscribers.



One particularly nasty variant of email spam is sending spam to mailing lists (public or private email discussion forums.) Because many mailing lists limit activity to their subscribers, spammers will use automated tools to subscribe to as many mailing lists as possible, so that they can grab the lists of addresses, or use the mailing list as a direct target for their attacks.
Sujay D
2009-03-31 05:13:16 UTC
Its when businesses try to get you to buy their products. Or its when computer hackers create spam to steal your personal information. Don't open spam
2009-03-31 05:13:01 UTC
Spam is unwanted and/or unrequested e-mail (or mail) sent to you from 'Spammers' who accumulate as many addresses as they can in order to scam you, or sell you products.



It is also a meat product made of many wonderful animal parts and compressed into a compact can.
Brittany D
2009-03-31 05:14:04 UTC
well the food is a mix of different meat paste in a can & computer spam is like junk mail in ur email!
2009-03-31 05:12:27 UTC
Meat. Specially Processed Artificial Meat, comes in little square cans.
Zeeshan Javed
2009-03-31 05:13:06 UTC
Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender.



There are two main types of spam, and they have different effects on Internet users. Cancellable Usenet spam is a single message sent to 20 or more Usenet newsgroups. (Through long experience, Usenet users have found that any message posted to so many newsgroups is often not relevant to most or all of them.) Usenet spam is aimed at "lurkers", people who read newsgroups but rarely or never post and give their address away. Usenet spam robs users of the utility of the newsgroups by overwhelming them with a barrage of advertising or other irrelevant posts. Furthermore, Usenet spam subverts the ability of system administrators and owners to manage the topics they accept on their systems.



Email spam targets individual users with direct mail messages. Email spam lists are often created by scanning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching the Web for addresses. Email spams typically cost users money out-of-pocket to receive. Many people - anyone with measured phone service - read or receive their mail while the meter is running, so to speak. Spam costs them additional money. On top of that, it costs money for ISPs and online services to transmit spam, and these costs are transmitted directly to subscribers.



One particularly nasty variant of email spam is sending spam to mailing lists (public or private email discussion forums.) Because many mailing lists limit activity to their subscribers, spammers will use automated tools to subscribe to as many mailing lists as possible, so that they can grab the lists of addresses, or use the mailing list as a direct target for their attacks.
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2016-02-11 11:18:56 UTC
spam
dazegg2000
2009-03-31 05:13:14 UTC
It's a bit like ham but thicker. And it is also the name given to unwanted email.
cesc0836
2009-03-31 05:13:03 UTC
Meat or lots of irritating useless emails.
Cassie*Leigh
2009-03-31 05:14:06 UTC
It is mail that is sent to your e-mail from junk files.

It is one big blanket or junk mail.

Look at your mail one time and you will understand.
harry64harry
2009-03-31 05:14:00 UTC
Shoulder of Pork And haM
***Alyssa's mommy (7/11/08)
2009-03-31 05:13:44 UTC
those irritating advertisements that pop up on sights and in your e-mail

....it is also a gross meat spread
Murzy
2009-03-31 05:13:12 UTC
either mystery meat or unsolicited email
Cool J
2009-03-31 05:13:35 UTC
stupid internet **** or a Delicious sandwich treat
Mew
2009-03-31 05:13:39 UTC
meat, your mom, your sister, your female cousins, your girlfriend
Manly Man
2009-03-31 05:13:31 UTC
**** in your inbox or "meat" that someone came on.


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