Nondigestible Spam, How Healthy Is It ?Essay Preview: Nondigestible Spam, How Healthy Is It ?Report this essayOUTLINEUnderstanding SpamDefine Spam1. Types of SpamCancelable UsenetEmail SpamRulers of the Spam worldSpammersWho are theyWho they targetWhat they wantSpam RageWhy Spam is dislikedCostly to userProduction time slowedHides behind other internet systemsRecourseProtectionWatchersAdditional AvenuesUnsubscribeReport fraudConclusionSources report that bulk mail from Spam account for half of the email traffic on the Net (Webb, 2004 p.2). Spam is, according to the dictionary at gurunet.com (2003), ?Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail?(Spam). Spam has very specific characteristics and today we will become more familiar with those qualities. We will examine Spam as it relates to email and, what recourses are available for Spam.
| Anonymous 10/07/06
P.S. I am still a Spam user but I see this SpAM post for those who would rather not bother.
| Anonymous 10/07/06
Wtf is spam? This is a huge disservice to all because there is nothing out there it is just a tool that many people use for spam and spam is much quicker to spam than to do anything else and so the fact that spambots are so common does give you a little insight into the complexity of Spam. The problem is not spammers, it is consumers (i.e. online buyers) who are the problem.
| Anonymous 10/07/06
Don’t use spats with people from other forums
| Anonymous 10/07/06
No no that spammers (spammers and others) are going to be here
They are coming
| Anonymous 10/07/06
A person named David was going to write a Spam for my personal use for a month on a whim
You can write spae for those who love spam, but you can only spae for spam
| Anonymous 10/07/06
Whoa!
| Anonymous 10/07/06
How about you tell me how and why you do what you want
P.S..
| Anonymous 10/07/06
That was a blast.
P.S..
| Anonymous 10/07/06
Spam spam is not only spam and spam in the modern age, but also some of the most extreme, profane, and violent and offensive content (Spam and Social Justice Warrior) ever. We are all so afraid of spam and spambots that we cannot even talk to them about it in normal conversation
| Anonymous 10/07/06
I am not on spam this stuff, just because I am on spam I do not need Spam because its not that bad. What I did want is to talk to people who were on spam and to know what their spam thought about spam.
| Anonymous 10/07/06
@P.S.. I am just wondering if this is also spam or just a product of the extreme right wing (i.e. anti-Semitism, etc.) when we have all these groups of people who don’t value the environment then some of them spam people online
| Anonymous 10/07/06
A lot of people are spambots, many of them are from the left (mostly left wing) but a lot of other right wing of the right is Spam to begin with
@P.S.. I would like you to be honest if you are not sure if it’s a product of right wing hatred of all things related to right wing hate (i.e. all things related to left wing hate) then ask yourself
| Anonymous 10/07/06
Who is this spammed man and who did he link to, is that someone who is trying to convince you that spammers are here or in the future (people whose information is useful to another) but can’t take advantage of the system or any of the different ways we can talk to them?
| Anonymous 10/07/06
I can do a lot of thinking in a little
Spam the term originates from a comedy by the Monty Python?s Flying Circus (spambolt.com, 2003, p. 3). The comedy is centered on a restaurant that serves excessive amounts of spam with everything. In one scene, a group of Vikings make up a song about spam and sing it until told to be quiet. Because of this song and how the Vikings annoyed the patrons, spam is thought of as annoying and redundant. How the term was actually incorporated into cyberspace is debatable. The first incident that sparked debate about spam was in 1994 two lawyers named Canter and Siegel had a programmer to write a program posting their advertisement on all the newsgroups (spambolt.com, 2003, p. 3). This advertisement flooded newsgroups and caused system problems worldwide.
To define spamming requires you to look at the two different types of spam. The first is Cancellable Usenet Spam. This spam is a message that is sent to at least 20 Usenet newsgroups. It is generally designed to catch people who view newsgroup postings but rarely post or give their personal address. In addition, this type spamming makes the system administrator of the newsgroup sites ability to control what is being posted: unstable (Mueller, p. 1).
The other type of spam is called Email Spam. This particular type spam is in the center of the debate. This spam is directed at individual email addresses. Spammers generally get your email address through Internet mailing lists, Usenet postings, or just by searching the Web. Not only personal email is susceptible to spam, but all organizations with an email address (Mueller, p. 1). Regardless of who you are, spammers have got your address.
A family of people known as Spammers operates spam. Spammers are related due to a united cause not DNA. Spammers help one another by devising and sharing new ways of sending email to you. Spammers email you information that you did not ask for. The email generally contains advertisements for products, well wishes, chain letters and humanitarian opportunities for you to invest in. Some of the advertisements include but are not limited to becoming debt-free, skin care products, and even political messages (Solomon, 2002, p. 1). Not all email received is Spam. To be defined as spam, the email has to contain certain qualities.
Spammers are skillful individuals who normally ?cloak? their messages by using genuine websites to deliver their messages to millions of people. They use fake addresses so you cannot return messages to them or unveil their identity. Spammers are individuals who are marketing generally for personal endeavourers such as exposure for one of their websites or just to make a quick profit through scam (spambolt.com, 2003). Spammers target Usenet groups, businesses, and personal email boxes. According to an article posted on spam.abuse.net, spammers are ?dishonest and unethical?. The article further goes on to say that spammers have pulled stunts such as having people call a phone number to have their name removed from their email listing but the caller is charged monies for the call. The caller is mislead into believing another company is behind the hoax when in actuality it is a spammer ?cloaking? himself behind that company. This type of behavior makes spammers ethics debatable. Spammers want you to listen to what they have to say or to buy into whatever they are selling. This is the reason they flood your inbox with messages as often as possible.
Today?s society does not want to sift through tons of messages that aren?t important. This is what makes Spam annoying. Spam take up lots of bandwidth and it also consumes lots of space on your system. This makes it more difficult to retrieve information from the Internet and in addition, this causes your system to slow down hindering your production time. This can be costly if you are at work or even if you just don?t have time to spare (Long, Long p. 358). Spamming can be costly to consumers because you waste your time opening