Spam vs Spammable - 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.
(Internet, rare) That can be spammed; susceptible to spamming.
* 2000 , Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R Hein, Unix System Administration Handbook
* 2003 , Robert Shimonski, Building DMZs for Enterprise Networks
* 2006 , Eric Fullilove, Credible Threat
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As a proper noun spam
is tinned meat made mainly from ham by hormel foods corporation.As an adjective spammable is
(internet|rare) that can be spammed; susceptible to spamming.spam
English
Noun
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Derived terms
* * * * *Meronyms
* e-mail, emailVerb
(spamm)- Stop spamming that special attack!
See also
* *Official SPAM home page
Anagrams
*Usage notes
spammable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ...such as finding people to cold-call and prospecting for spammable addresses.
- This can be done in many ways, which we look at shortly. Once you know it is spammable , you just need to know exploit (SIC) the system.
- He didn't recognize the sender, but this was a very secure, non-spammable address. The subject line simply said MESSAGE.HTML . He clicked on the blue text...
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