What does the word "Ham" mean, in
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the context of anti-spam?
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Probably everybody knows these daysNowadays, it's likely that everyone knows what \["Spam"\] means, in the context of e-mail. The use of the word "Ham", on the other hand, is relatively new and sometimes confusing. |
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"Ham" is _e-mail that is not \["Spam"\],_. more orIn lessother thewords, "good" mail. Previously it was often called non-spam", or solicited"good mail". Because theseIt wordsshould arebe bothconsidered a bit long-windedshorter, somebodysnappier camesynonym up with the catchy word Ham. |
Editorial notes:
- Can somebody please wordsmith this text a bit?
- Who was it who first introduced the word Ham, does somebody have a link?
Thanks, MalteStretz
I gave it a quick touch-up, but it isn't polished yet.
SidneyMarkowitz
for "non-spam". |
Its usage is particularly common among anti-spam software developers, and not widely known elsewhere; in general it is probably better to use the term "non-spam", instead.
Etymology
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The word was coined sometime in 2001 or 2002, by the guys working on
\[http://spambayes.sf.net/ SpamBayes\], the Python probabilistic classifier. |
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