What is "Spam"?
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Spam is junk mail. Spam is "make money fast" and "free porn." Spam is unwanted e-mail, usually of a commercial nature, sent out in bulk. Spam is Unsolicited Bulk E-mail (UBE). The opposite of Spam is \["Ham"\]. |
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Origin Of The Name "Spam"
The term "spam" comes from the Monty Python sketch where the name of the canned meat product is used so often that it crowds everything else out.
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The word SPAM is actually a registered trademark of \[http://www.hormel.com/ Hormel Foods Corporation\]. Their \[http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm trademark guidelines\] say: We do not object to use of this slang term to describe UCE, although we do object to the use of the word "spam" as a trademark and to the use of our product image in association with that term. Also, if the term is to be used, it should be used in all lower-case letters to distinguish it from our trademark SPAM, which should be used with all uppercase letters. We hope that Spam with an uppercase letter S (as in [SpamAssassin]) is ok, too :) |
Related Links
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\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam Wikipedia\]
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(\[http://en.wikipedia.org.nyud.net:8090/wiki/Spam C\]) on Spam, spam and SPAM \\
Wiki Markup Raymond Chen: \[http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/09/16/230388.aspx A visual history of spam (and virus) email\] (\[http://weblogs.asp.net.nyud.net:8090/oldnewthing/archive/2004/09/16/230388.aspx C\])