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- 10/2/08 1:42 PM
What does the word "spam" mean to you?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 10/2/08 1:42 PM
What does the word "spam" mean to you?
-- Unwanted e-mails.
-- Unsolicited emails.
-- Canned mystery meat.
-- Other. (What's it mean to you?)
(NT) Unsolicited emails
by Marianna Schmudlach - 10/2/08 3:09 PM
In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I resent
by Fish - 10/2/08 4:04 PM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I resent my favorite Mystery Meat being tarnished and associated with the scurge of unsolicited and or unwanted email.I recommend a name change for those evil missives.Lets call them "fish sticks " or perhaps beef jerkies? lol
(NT) Larry, welcome to the band wagon. :)
by Fish - 10/3/08 2:10 PM In reply to: I agree with you Fish... by Larry38Spam
by gothceltgirl - 11/30/08 7:22 PM In reply to: I resent by FishLOL! Sadly I never go to try the ubiquitous spam before becoming a vegetarian. I am so glad however that there are folders especially for this useless thing we call "spam" e-mail.
All Of The First 3 Since
by tobeach - 10/2/08 10:59 PM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Unsolicited emails = Unwanted e-mails in my case! LOL!! (Spiced Ham) 
BOTH!?!
by ebizpays - 10/3/08 7:57 PM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Actually, to me, spam is both Unwanted AND Unsolicited emails. (But, I really MUST agree with 'Fish', too.)
spam
by JeffDeWitt - 10/4/08 4:36 AM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The poll doesn't have the right answers.
"spam" (lower case "s") is unsolicited commercial email. An email from someone you know asking to help them move might be unwanted and unsolicited but it's not spam.
"Spam" (upper case "S") is a Hormel spiced ham and pork shoulder product that can be quite tasty fried with eggs or baked with a brown sugar and orange juice glaze.
(NT) NT Ahh, a new recipe for my "Spam" thank's Jeff. :)
by Fish - 10/4/08 5:48 AM In reply to: spam by JeffDeWittDefinition and common usage are different
by john3347 - 10/4/08 7:18 AM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I define Spam as mail that is sent to a large number of recipients to either defraud them or to sell them something (usually a worthless item). I often use the term to also include any email that comes from an unknown sender that is not specifically and legitimately intended for me personally.
What does the word "spam" mean to you?
by shifra10 - 10/4/08 10:20 AM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Spam was given as a supplement to basic rations in England during WW11. Food was rationed in general, but the Ministry of Food desired to give extra rations to physical workers in agriculture and armaments factories. Spam may have been supplied the Americans, and like all rations, found its way to the general public. It was a processed mixture of unidentified meat and unidentified filling, packed in tins from which it came out as a slab. It could be fried, baked or mixed with other foods. I suspect that the connection to the term used on the internet is the unidentified and unidentifiable element.
Spam
by JeffDeWitt - 10/4/08 2:47 PM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by shifra10Spam is now and has always been (even during WWII) pork shoulder and ham with some spices and some potato starch as a binder.
While spam (being unsolicited commerical email) does ultimatly trace its name to the canned pork and ham product it really gets its name from a Monty Python skit.
The REAL Origins and Meaning of the Word SPAM
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by azad24 - 10/31/08 8:25 PM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i know i was hacked and tht i was foolish because of those trojans
on my computer. the spyware planned to send my email to ur system
des to hack ur whole system and to take over ur url website now
ur on the risk on the high potentiol like me. well now i had tht same problem like all ur members and ur daughter ull need to buy a new OS
SYSTEM OR UR DES TRAPPED FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH THAT SPYWARE. SPAM MEANS Unwanted emails!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anything unwanted
by geekphreak - 12/1/08 2:33 AM In reply to: What does the word "spam" mean to you? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
hello,
SPAM can be anything unwanted , It could be emails, Pvt. messges in chat or sms on your mobile .Anything unrequired "not making sense","Advertisments " without consent is a spam.
regards
Gautam
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