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spam assassin
September 20th, 2002, 12:27 PM
spam what is it how does it work i came to the smallest forum to find this out

DigitalJunkie
September 20th, 2002, 01:48 PM
Spams are ads you get repeatly & didn't asked for!

Aaron73153
September 20th, 2002, 01:54 PM
SPAM is the term given to un-solicited junk e-mail. It essentially works the same way as with junk snail-mail in that someone gets or generates a list of addresses and send out mass amounts of whatever they want. Most SPAM is essentially ads for porn and other things.

There are ways to spot SPAM

If the subject line is incoherent ie. "Re the order you placed"

If the subject line contains your name but you don't know the sender

If the from says "undisclosed recipients"

If the subject line says words like "urgent, act immediately"

The thing to remember always is "If it sounds too good to be true it probably is"

You also might want to look into some sort of anti-spam tool. I use Mailwasher, which allows you to preview your messages and delete and evean bounce (return to sender) SPAM.

Hope this informaition hels you and anyone else confused about SPAM

phalkon30
December 1st, 2002, 12:08 AM
SPAM is a very tasty meat which is made of spiced ham....

couldnt resist, sorry :P

Rickio
December 1st, 2002, 12:36 AM
yup.
what they all said