| The term Spam is thought to be derived
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| | They are able to send billions of
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| from a Monte Python skit. But the fact
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| | messages a day. In the US there have
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| that Spam makes up over 80 percent of
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| | been a number of lawsuits concerning Spam
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| emails sent isn't that funny!
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| | and laws created trying to reduce the
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| A Monte Python sketch performed in 1970
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| | production. Therefore, it is becoming
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| references the British rationing during
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| | more prevalent that these companies
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| World War II. SPAM was one of the only
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| | operate out of foreign countries. They
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| meat products that was readily available
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| | have also changed their soliciting
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| and not being rationed. Python's sketch
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| | methods to read "spam-free" which refers
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| is set in a café and every item on the
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| | to a person who has chosen to "opt-in" by
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| menu contains Spam lunch meat. A song
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| | clicking a box near the end of some
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| repeating the word SPAM is being sung and
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| | enrollment form thereby agreeing to have
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| is drowning out the waiter who is
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| | updates or newsletters sent. Sometimes
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| dictating the SPAM filled menu in detail.
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| | this box is pre checked and you must
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| An instance of unsolicited commercial
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| | unclick in order to "opt-out". These
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| email was originally noted in 1978.
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| | names are then sold to the bulk e-mailing
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| Although it seems that the idea was born
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| | companies.
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| years earlier when an unsolicited
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| | Spam filtering software is the best
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| electronic messaging using the media
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| | technology available at the present time
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| occurred by telegram in 1864! In the
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| | to reduce Spam. Spam filtering is
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| 1980's the term Spam started to be used
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| | included in most versions of anti virus
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| to describe annoying users of early chat
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| | software. It is pretty simple for
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| rooms who would repeatedly type the word
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| | spammers to sidestep these filters simply
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| Spam in an abusive manner to drive others
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| | by misspelling keywords. Also, these
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| out of the room. Especially others from
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| | filters often block e-mail that you do
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| rival groups surrounding said topic.
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| | want to receive because of key words
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| They would also flood the screen with
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| | being misinterpreted. SPAM hits other
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| quotes from the Monte Python sketch in
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| | venues besides email such as instant
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| the same manner. Soon rather than being
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| | messaging, chat rooms, newsgroups,
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| called flooding or trashing it became
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| | forums, mobile phones, online games,
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| common place to refer to these methods as
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| | search engines, and blogs. For the time
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| spamming. Later it evolved to mean
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| | being it looks like the only way to avoid
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| excessive multiple posting of the same
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| | a majority of Spam is to avoid
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| message. In the 1990's we began to see
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| | traditional email all together.
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| the excessive amount of "get rich quick"
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| | Requiring a person to fill out a form
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| schemes being advertised in this manner.
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| | that is in turn sent to the recipient
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| Commercial spamming began in 1994
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| | successfully blocks spammers. This is
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| courtesy of two lawyers advertising their
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| | currently how many business and
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| immigration law services. Shortly there
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| | organizations including the White House
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| after the focus of spamming and anti spam
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| | are handling their e-mail.
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| efforts moved to email and that is where
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| | The term Spam is thought to be derived
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| the focus of this phenomenon remains
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| | from a Monte Python skit but is not
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| today.
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| | received by many as being humorous.
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| Most of us receive some type of Spam
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| | Spamming is a phenomenon that has been
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| everyday. Spam is incredibly easy and
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| | beneficial for some and a nuisance to the
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| inexpensive to create and can be very
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| | masses who make up the recipients of the
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| profitable. There are a number of
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| | billions of messages sent per day.
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| companies set up to send "bulk e-mail".
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