[SpamAssassin Wiki] Updated: Spam

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   Date: 2004-09-18T12:56:59
   Editor: MichaelDouma <wi...@michaeldouma.com>
   Wiki: SpamAssassin Wiki
   Page: Spam
   URL: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/Spam

   Added graphs, and some descriptions

Change Log:

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-= What exactly do you mean when you talk about "Spam"? =
+= What is "Spam"? =
 
-When used in the context of e-mail, Spam is another word for UBE.
-UBE stands for "Unsolicited Bulk E-mail".
+Spam is junk mail. Spam is "make money fast" and "free porn." Spam is unwanted e-mail, usually of a commercial nature, sent out in bulk. Spam is Unsolicited Bulk E-mail (UBE). The opposite of Spam is ["Ham"]. 
 
-The opposite of Spam is ["Ham"].
+Spam really began to be a problem in 2002, and has been plaguing internet users ever since. The following graphs show the dramatic rise in spam, and typical spam topics. (Statistics vary from person to person, and from metric to metric, but these statistics from Brightmail, now Symantec, are fairly representative.)
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+attachment:Spam-stats.jpg
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+'''The origin of the name "Spam"'''
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+The term "spam" comes from the Monty Python sketch where the name of the canned meat product is used so often that it crowds everything else out.
 
 The word SPAM is actually a registered trademark of [http://www.hormel.com/ Hormel Foods Corporation]. Their [http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm trademark guidelines] say:
   We do not object to use of this slang term to describe UCE, although we do object to the use of the word "spam" as a trademark and to the use of our product image in association with that term.
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 We hope that Spam with an uppercase letter S (as in SpamAssassin) is ok, too :)
 
 See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam Wikipedia] for more infos on Spam, spam and SPAM.
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-'''Editorial notes''':
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- * This text needs some wordsmithing ["Ham" too]
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-MalteStretz