Re: Topica-Dot-Com Open For Business

[Rich Kulawiec]

On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 02:58:25AM -0800, Michelle Dick wrote:
> Chuq wrote:
> > 
> > It ain't spam just because one person doesn't like it and calls it 
> > such. 
> 
> quite true.  What is spam?  UCE, yes? 

The correct definition of spam is UBE (unsolicited bulk email).
(The reason for the B instead of the C is that it removes the
type of content from the discussion.  This is both deliberate
and necessary, because the definition of spam has to be context-free.)

For example, if I were to go grab the list of mailing lists from
PAML and send every list-manager a bit of mail saying "Hey, I'm
a really nice guy, I'm going to advertise your mailing list",
that piece of mail clearly meets the U, B, and E criteria and
is thus undeniably and unambiguously spam.

---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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