2007-01-17 08:16:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Spam = unwanted email.
So when you start dumping a lot of unwanted email (usually ads) then you are a Spammer, and there are Spam Filters that try to remove that kind of email from your inbox. In Hotmail you can send your Spam to the junk folder, and any other emails from that email address will be routed there. Yahoo uses a bulk folder. Various companies offer various protection, at first you could only block one address, but when people starting using multiple email address to Spam people from the filters allowed you to block the entire domain. In the fight against spam there are stand-alone filters that look for key words in an email message (like a search engine does) and blocks the email based on the result.
Recently, Spam has become more than just unwanted email; it has become a method of identity theft. Read this article for more information on a case of this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/technology/17spam.html?ex=1326690000&en=c8a2e5ee0c4b3ec2&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss
The best thing to do is to not open any messages from someone that you don't know. Most of them will be spam. They can be just an ad, or they can put a virus on your machine (if you click on the attachment or a weblink), or it can be an attempt to steal from you. If your bank sends you a message that you need to update your personal information with an included weblink then it usually leads you to a fake site where this information can be used to withdraw your money from the bank. The way a responsible bank will do it is to tell you to go to their site and update your information. You are then expected to navigate to your banks site on your own so that you are sure you are actually on that bank's website. Then your log in and personal information will still be safe.
2007-01-17 08:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SPAM: Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages
2007-01-17 09:28:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally it means to send unsolicited email, but since you're asking in the Women's Health section, it probably means to force someone to eat a lot of Spam.
2007-01-17 08:20:41 · answer #3 · answered by G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spamming is repeatedly sending a message to one or more persons.
2007-01-17 08:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by JoeSchmo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unsolicited mail has countless meanings one is that it is direct mail you get on your digital mail. classified ads and so on. different makes use of for unsolicited mail is that it makes a solid sandwich. and by way of WW2 in case you spell unsolicited mail backwards. it fairly is Maps. it fooled the Germans in thinking all it exchange into,exchange into unsolicited mail for sandwiches. So our POW infantrymen have been given get away maps interior the cans blended with unsolicited mail the beef. And Monty Python did a humorous skit with Sir unsolicited mail alot.
2016-10-31 09:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To send emails randomly for either the purpose of solicitation or just to crowd an inbox.
See also "Click Fraud"
2007-01-17 08:20:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spam is for email, i hate spam, i use yahoo, and its pretty ok, i also use aim mail.
2007-01-17 08:21:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you try to convince everyone that you run into to eat canned ham produced by Hormel. It is a mental disorder.
2007-01-17 08:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by Crackoa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm spam means like when you can give someone a virus on their computer that will make it so all retarded and crash it,,,
2007-01-17 08:20:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To send unwanted or unexpected email to someone, or to a group of people when not sure who exactly you should be talking to.
2007-01-17 08:19:53 · answer #10 · answered by non_apologetic_american 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋