2005/12/9, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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.
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