|
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
The European Coalition Against Unsolicited
Commercial Email
http://www.euro.cauce.org/en/index.html
"Spamming is the scourge of electronic-mail
and newsgroups on the Internet. It can
seriously interfere with the operation
of public services, to say nothing of
the effect it may have on any individual's
e-mail mail system. ... Spammers are,
in effect, taking resources away from
users and service suppliers without
compensation and without authorization."
|
