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E-mail spam is a subset of spam that involves sending nearly identical messages to thousands (or millions) of recipients by E-mail. Perpetrators of such spam ("spammers") often harvest addresses of prospective recipients from Usenet postings or from web pages, obtain them from databases, or simply guess them by using common names and domains. By popular definition, spam occurs without the permission of the recipients.
Overview
As the recipient directly bears the cost of delivery, storage, and processing, one could regard spam as the electronic equivalent of "postage-due" junk mail. However, the Direct Marketing Association will point to the existence of "legitimate" e-mail marketing. Most commentators classify e-mail-based marketing campaigns where the recipient has "opted in" to receive the marketer's message as "legitimate".
Spammers frequently engage in deliberate fraud to send out their messages. Spammers often use false names, addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information to set up "disposable" accounts at various Internet service providers. They also often use falsified or stolen credit card numbers to pay for these accounts. This allows them to move quickly from one account to the next as the host ISPs discover and shut down each one.
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Daniel Pinkwater just sent me a (mostly) unsolicited email! O_O
rvr67michael (Michael Stearns) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:08 -0000
Daniel Pinkwater just sent me a (mostly) unsolicited email! O_O
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Received unsolicited email from NetGuide, clicked 'Unsubscribe', took me to web page requesting email address for compulsory log in. Naff.
ChrisBellNZ (Chris Bell) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:00 -0000
Received unsolicited email from NetGuide, clicked 'Unsubscribe', took me to web page requesting email address for compulsory log in. Naff.
if ur going to send me unsolicited emails asking me to blog about a release, you could at least address me by my name *once* in the email.
lipglossiping (Charlotte) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:35:33 -0000
if ur going to send me unsolicited emails asking me to blog about a release, you could at least address me by my name *once* in the email.
When you send me an unsolicited mass email that "invites me to opt-in" to your service, you've already lost.
jehawbaker (John Hawbaker) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:23:38 -0000
When you send me an unsolicited mass email that "invites me to opt-in" to your service, you've already lost.
@unmarketing LOL! Any mass-release email, unsolicited, is spam in my books.
foodandfibre (Jean Jones) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:19:53 -0000
@unmarketing LOL! Any mass-release email, unsolicited, is spam in my books.
Controversial Spam Bill Takes Step Forward - A bill opponents say would legitimize spam moves forward in the U.S. House.
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SpamCon Foundation - Organization supporting measures to reduce the amount of unsolicited email that crosses private networks, while ensuring that valid email reaches its destination.
Meta Description: [ The SpamCon Foundation protects email for communications and
commerce by reducing the amount of spam on the Internet ]
USA Today: New Law Packs Potent Tools - Opinion piece that describes the Can-Spam Act as an effective means to combat the annoying scourge of spam.
Meta Description: [ The exploding volume of unwanted commercial e-mail messages known as spam threatens the future of e-mail as a form of communication. ]
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