On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 07:51 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > 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. ---- and his forwarding unsolicited bulk email to this list is at best questionable, likely to be considered gullible, and by some to be considered ill-advised though well intentioned. Craig
