On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 22:06 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > taharka wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > David Cary Hart wrote: > > > >> I got it too. I consider it to be spam and listed it accordingly. It > >> game from a third party and I never opted in. IMO, it is probably a > >> CanSpam violation as well. > >> > >> > >> > > Well, I don't know the source you got it from. I received it from a > > friend in the U.S. Military & not from a third party. > > > >> Now you are spamming this list. > >> > >> > > No, not spamming this list. This is a legitimate survey & if you don't > > want to be bothered with it, simply don't fill it out. > > > > taharka > > > > Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A. > > > > From the Wikipedia article > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28electronic%29 > > [QUOTE MODE ON] > > Spamming is a kind of network abuse. It's the abuse of any electronic > communications medium to send unsolicited messages to someone in bulk. > While its definition usually extends to any unsolicited bulk electronic > communication, some exclude from the definition of the term "spam" > messages considered by the receiver (or even just the sender) to be > targeted, non-commercial, or wanted. > > [QUOTE MODE OFF] > > It appears that this message was sent in bulk, without solicitation. > It also appears that you consider it not to be SPAM because you > don't object to it. But that does not (according to this article) > mean that others are required not to consider it SPAM. > > So, I guess it's SPAM, and you are a SPAMMER. "SPAM" is the Hormel meat product "spam" is the scourge of the Internet ref: http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm IMHO the OP's email was reasonably on-topic for this list (which was solicited by all list members) and therefore not spam. However, in David Cary Hart's case, where he received the email separately and unsolicited, *that* was spam. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
