Spam vs Antispam - What's the difference?
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(uncountable, computing, Internet) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
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(uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
(countable, rare, computing, Internet) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, usually by email or newsgroups.
(tinned meat product)
(intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
(transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
(transitive, by extension, video games) To relentlessly attack an enemy with (a spell or ability).
(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.
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Countering spam (unwanted electronic mail).
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Opposed to spam.
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As a proper noun spam
is tinned meat made mainly from ham by hormel foods corporation.As an adjective antispam is
countering spam (unwanted electronic mail).spam
English
Noun
citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.}}
Derived terms
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* e-mail, emailVerb
(spamm)- Stop spamming that special attack!
See also
* *Official SPAM home page
Anagrams
*Usage notes
antispam
English
Adjective
(-)- ...at times I get huge amounts of duplicate messages that can overload my mail-reception pipeline, particularly antispam filters.
- This is why antispam advocates are so vigilant.