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SPAMHAUS - http://www.spamhaus.org/
The Definition of Spam
Unsolicited means that the Recipient has
not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent. Bulk means that
the message is sent as part of a larger collection of messages, all having substantively
identical content.
Technical Definition of "Spam"
An electronic
message is "spam" IF: (1) the recipient's personal identity and context are irrelevant
because the message is equally applicable to many other potential recipients;
AND (2) the recipient has not verifiably granted deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable
permission for it to be sent; AND (3) the transmission and reception of the message
appears to the recipient to give a disproportionate benefit to the sender.
All bulk email sent to recipients who have not expressly registered permission
for their addresses to be placed on the mailing list, and which requires recipients
to opt-out to stop further unsolicited bulk mailings, is by definition Unsolicited
Bulk Email. The sending of Unsolicited Bulk Email is illegal in most of Europe
and is against all ISP Terms of Service worldwide.
The Recipient has, according
to the Bulk Email Sender, unverifiably initiated a request for the address to
be subscribed to the Bulk Email Sender's mailing list. The Bulk Email Sender has
subscribed the address to the mailing list without verifying if the address owner
has in fact granted permission or not. In most cases the Bulk Email Sender has
simply purchased the address from another spammer.
Unconfirmed
Mailing Lists - http://www.mail-abuse.org/nml/unconfirmed.html
Die Europäische Koalition gegen unerbetene Kommerzielle E-Mails
http://www.euro.cauce.org/de/index.html
"Spamming ist die Geissel
der E-Mail und der Newsgroups im Internet. Es kann den Betrieb öffentlicher Einrichtungen
ernsthaft beeinträchtigen, ganz zu schweigen von den Auswirkungen, die es auf
das E-Mail-System jedes Einzelnen haben könnte ... Spammer bedienen sich letztlich
der Ressourcen von Benutzern und Providern, ohne dazu die Erlaubnis zu haben oder
eine Gegenleistung zu erbringen."
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