Sources report that bulk mail from Spam account for half of the email traffic on the Net (Webb, 2004 p.2). Spam is, according to the dictionary at gurunet.com (2003), "Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail"(Spam). Spam has very specific characteristics and today we will become more familiar with those qualities. We will examine Spam as it relates to email and, what recourses are available for Spam.
Spam the term originates from a comedy by the Monty Python's Flying Circus (spambolt.com, 2003, p. 3). The comedy is centered on a restaurant that serves excessive amounts of spam with everything. In one scene, a group of Vikings make up a song about spam and sing it until told to be quiet. Because of this song and how the Vikings annoyed the patrons, spam is thought of as annoying and redundant. How the term was actually incorporated into cyberspace is debatable. The first incident that sparked debate about spam was in 1994 two lawyers named Canter and Siegel had a programmer to write a program posting their advertisement on all the newsgroups (spambolt.com, 2003, p. 3). This advertisement flooded newsgroups and caused system problems worldwide.
To define spamming requires you to look at the two different types of spam. The first is Cancellable Usenet Spam. This spam is a message that is sent to at least 20 Usenet newsgroups. It is generally designed to catch people who view newsgroup postings but rarely post or give their personal address. In addition, this type spamming makes the system administrator of the newsgroup sites ability to control what is being posted: unstable (Mueller, p. 1).
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I. Understanding Spam
A. Define Spam
1. Types of Spam
· Cancelable Usenet
· Email Spam
II. Rulers of the Spam world
A. Spammers
· Who are they
· Who they target
· What they want
III. Spam Rage
A. Why Spam is disliked
· Costly to user
· Production time slowed
· Hides behind other internet systems
IV. Recourse
A. Protection
· Laws
· Watchers
B. Additional Avenues
· Unsubscribe
· Report fraud
V. Conclusion
Abstract: Electronic mail is quickly becoming the most prevalent method of communication in the world. However, e-mail systems in corporate, institutional, and commercial environments are all potential targets of monitoring, surveillance and ultimately, censorship.
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Modern scholars have in the recent decades engaged in the controversial debate on the actual classification of the group Anonymous. Some scholars classify the group as trolls while other associates it with hackers groups. As defined, hackers are individuals or groups that search and exploit the computer system weakness (Messmer 65). In most instances, hackers engage in discouraging and unappealing activities for multiple reasons including challenging the existing systems, protesting against the prevailing rules and regulations, and for profit making. On the other hand, trolls are groups of individuals who engage in the process of sowing discord on the internet through instigating arguments that aim at upsetting community members and leaders (Keith 11). Trolls are also popular for posting off-topic, extraneous, and inflammatory information on the internet. Although hackers and trolls are the main actors in the current threatening cyber crimes, the two groups have varying reasons for abusing the existing technology. Moreover, despite the existence of detailed and intensive strategies to address the two groups of crime, the actors have been outshining the global policy implementers and formulators in numerous occasions (Messmer 65). However, based on the available evidence, the Anonymous group is more of a hacker group than a troll group.
Spam. When someone is using the same text over and over or the simuliar text.
Read and delivery receipts – if a read receipt is added then this can be very useful particularly if the email is something that needs acting upon fairly quickly. A delivery receipt is an effective way of confirming the delivery of the email and is useful when sending to outside companies as sometimes email addresses change i.e. if someone leaves a company. An undeliverable message is then sent back to your email address.
Cyberstalking is the act of “using the Internet to harass, threaten, or intimidate another person” according to Chuck Easttom (2012). The following provides a synopsis of five recent cases where people have been convicted of cyberstalking or Internet fraud. Each case is analyzed for its relevance in contemporary legal issues, as well as any laws that pertain to the case.
I want to be able to zap the sender with so much spam that their inbox
Thousands of trees are being depleted for continual junk mail that is sometimes never opened. According to consumers “...89 percent say in polls that they’d prefer not to receive direct-marketing
A Botnet is a collection of malicious programs bent on taking over computers and stealing information of any kind. There are multiple ways a Botnet can be a problem. Such as E-Mail spam, Spyware, Adware, and Click fraud. Botnets are the dishonest way to control already happening things on the internet. Like increasing web traffic, stealing login names, and stealing credit card numbers. Botnets are faceless but the creator still ignores the law of ethics and they continue to lurk around every corner of the internet.
Buzz marketing is a very deceptive practice performed by many top marketing companies. According to the Business Week article, “Buzz Marketing,” backlash is a common result of buzz marketing, "Our clients have to know that if you are trying to be subversive and you are found out, it can be dangerous," states Scott Leonard, CEO of ADD Marketing Inc., an agency that uses street teams and chat-room "cyber-reps" to spread hot, not-always-flattering gossip about client company recording artists.
Since the early days of the Internet with it’s slow connections, to today’s high tech version that plays a major function in everyday business, most advancements have been positive ones. Unfortunately one advancement that has not is Junk E-mail. These junk e-mails, (also known as “Spam”) can be described as useless messages are plaguing our Internet Service Providers (ISP) mail systems. The result of this is slower connections, a loss of time and of money. Therefore, in this work we will explore effects of Spam, (negative and positive) and will even decide if it is possible to make this practice an illegal one, even with the protection of our Constitutional First Amendment rights
When the attachment contained in the email was opened, the virus rapidly proliferated by automatically sending copies to everyone listed in the user’s email address book. Experts have concluded that this was the cause of the rapid slow down of servers around the world. Some of the servers have been so severely overloaded that they have shut down. This in turn has been preventing other email from being se3nt (anonymous September 5, 2000).
What is SPAM? "SPAM", in its original definition, means "spiced pork and meat", a disgusting canned substance that originated in the 1930's. Today, SPAM is more commonly thought of as the annoying junk email we get everyday asking us to "re-finance your home" or "visit my webcam". Michael D. Sofka, of the Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, states many definitions for SPAM, the most pertinent and obvious being simply: "Mass, Unsolicited Commercial Email" (1). According to Spam expert Brad Templeton, mass unsolicited email was first coined as "Spam" in April of 1994. Two lawyers named Canter and Siegel hired a programmer to write a program script that would post the lawyers' advertisement to thousands of newsgroups on "USENET", which is the world's largest online conferencing center, (or at least was at the time). Templeton says that this act was termed "Spam" from an old Monty Python skit, in which "a restaurant serves all of its food with lots of Spam, and the waitress repeats the word several times in describing how much spam is in the items. When she does this, a group of Vikings in the corner start a song: "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, lovely Spam! Wonderful Spam!" Until told to shut up." (2). Because of how repetitive and annoying the word "Spam" became in the skit, a few people started calling these annoying and repetitive emails "SPAM". The name stuck, and to this day junk email is still called Spam. These annoying emails were originally intended as a marketing ploy, simply to get a company's message out to as many people as possible. Now they are so annoying, I can honestly say that Spam is the absolute worst way to get your message across; these junk emails are never read, only deleted.