Re: Re: Sending an e-mail to 1,000 people

At 11:42 PM 2/2/2002 -0200, Manuel Lemos wrote:

I think you are confused... Unsolicited e-mail is in fact the definition of spam! No, with time, people started confusing definitions. You may not be aware of it because you were too young and by that time you probably even did not knew about what was the Internet. AFAIK, spam was, in the early days when there was not even the Web, what was called to cross-posting the same message to multiple newsgroups. Remeber Monty Python sketch, they were complaining of more of the same spam.

Yep. Here's an excerpt from the Email Abuse FAQ: 'First, a short lesson on the term "SPAM". Spam describes a particular kind of Usenet posting (and canned spiced ham), but is now often used to describe many kinds of inappropriate activities, including some email-related events. It is technically incorrect to use "spam" to describe email abuse, although attempting to correct the practice would amount to tilting at windmills.' http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/emailfaq.html