What is Spam?

[Janelle Bramble]

Its something that I have recently been accused of from a member at a ning site who was on my friends list so does it make me a spammer when I send messages to people on my list?

This person was quite irrate and fortunatly I have never had this issue before maybe they were in a mood or they are just not really a happy person,
Funnily enough what I was accused of spamming with was sent a few weeks ago so obviously they are not a regular user.
Anyway its over now and I decided to see what spamming is and good old google came to my rescue once again

Spam is anonymous, unsolicited bulk email.

This is the description that is being used today in the USA and Europe as a basis for the creation of anti-spam legislation. Let's take a closer look at each component of the definition:

Anonymous: real spam is sent with spoofed or harvested sender addresses to conceal the actual sender.
Mass mailing: real spam is sent in mass quantities. Spammers make money from the small percentage of recipients that actually respond, so for spam to be cost-effective, the initial mails have to be high-volume.
Unsolicited: mailing lists, newsletters and other advertising materials that end users have opted to receive may resemble spam but are actually legitimate mail. In other words, the same piece of mail can be classed as both spam and legitimate mail depending on whether or not the user elected to receive it.

If I am wrong please tell me but be nice I hate being attacked.

J