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On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:41:10 -0400, Susan Huffed and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet: >x-no-archive: yes > >Ma¢k wrote: > >> spam is no longer defined as strictly unsolicited email. > >By whom is it no longer defined that way? > >Certainly not by ISPs who forbid it. > >Susan most definitely by ISPs and the various governments around the world that prosecute spammers. Mâck©® Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ...Theodore Roosevelt (o o) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus never hated anyone.
"Susan" news:3l88aiF114od6U1@individual.net... > x-no-archive: yes > > Ma¢k wrote: > >> spam is no longer defined as strictly unsolicited email. > > By whom is it no longer defined that way? > > Certainly not by ISPs who forbid it. It's been that way since Canter&Siegel did their Green Card spam on Usenet, which long predated today's current email spam problem.
Susan || x-no-archive: yes || || Ma¢k wrote: || ||| spam is no longer defined as strictly unsolicited email. || || By whom is it no longer defined that way? || || Certainly not by ISPs who forbid it. || || Susan The term spam was originally coined or borrow from the Monty Python skit and applied to usenet posts. It was adopted for email later. BJ -- "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over." -- Fudd's first law of opposition
In article Ma¢k > spam is no longer defined as strictly unsolicited email. It is any > commercial mass mailing/posting where such posts/mails are not welcome > and not requested by the participants. Hence "spamming Newsgroups" is > a proper term and use of the word spam in this context. As a mater of fact, the term "spam" was used to describe improper advertising posted to newsgroups well before it came to be applied to advertisements sent inappropriately via email. -- I hate spam, but that isn't really part of my email address. Remove the string "HatesSpam" from this email address before you use it: BobHatesSpam@Blaylock.to Ever wonder what it'd be like to be a blood-sucking parasite? http://tinyurl.com/7wxk
Ma¢k || On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:41:47 -0400, "Priscilla H. Ballou" || || the || madness of usenet: || ||| In article ||| "Cheri" ||| |||| And the purpose of an excerpt would be? To sell the entire |||| book of course. That's spamming a newsgroup. BTW, who |||| determined your definition of Spam? If you really don't |||| want to be a spammer, offer to send the entire book free to |||| anyone that responds to your post. Thought not. ||| ||| Actually, he's quite correct. Spam is identical unsolicited ||| mail broadcast to a wide list of recipients, regardless of ||| message content. What is suspected is that this person might ||| have posted a potentially commercial message. I'm not ||| convinced, but I prefer it when people use correct ||| terminology. ||| ||| Priscilla || || || spam is no longer defined as strictly unsolicited email. It || is any commercial mass mailing/posting where such posts/mails || are not welcome and not requested by the participants. Hence || "spamming Newsgroups" is || a proper term and use of the word spam in this context. || The use of the term spam originated for commercial/crossposted/off topic posts to usenet newsgroups about 1995. BJ -- "Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege." - Unknown Start « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next » Related Discussion: In ICU with septic blood infection (1 posts) Enliven (1 posts) PRESS RELEASE -- THIS WILL HELP GREATLY DR MINDELL (1 posts) Don't Forget To Take Your Vitamins! (2 posts) Top Discussions From Our Archives Tantric Gems back issues ===== uE0 Re: NIH Favoritism to AIDS Grossly Unfair I found this great little site Other Discussion Categories Diabetes Symptoms Health Care Policy
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