Spam
Spam: Electronic junk mail or the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages.
Definition
Electronic junk mail or the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Electronic junk mail or the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited messages.
- Definition 3
Spam refers to unsolicited and automatically sent mass advertis-ing, into which category spam e-mails also fall. The person re-sponsible for these messages is known as a spammer, whereas the actual sending itself is known as spamming.
- Definition 4
The abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages.
- Definition 5
The abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages. SOURCE: SP 800-53 Unsolicited bulk commercial email messages. SOURCE: SP 800-45
- Definition 6
Unsolicited messages sent to a large number of recipients