electronic spam
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Electronic spam refers to unsolicited bulk messages, typically emails, that clutter inboxes and waste users' time. It matters because spam can reduce productivity, spread malware or scams, and consume computing resources.
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- Etymology
- History
- Pre-Internet
- History
- In different media
- Instant messaging
- Newsgroup and forum
- Mobile phone
- Social networking spam
- Social spam
- Blog, wiki, and guestbook
- Spam targeting video sharing sites
- VoIP spam
- Academic search
- Mobile apps
- Bluetooth
- Noncommercial forms
- Geographical origins
- Trademark issues
- Cost–benefit analyses
- General costs
- In crime
- Political issues
- Court cases
- United States
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Bulgaria
- Newsgroups
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|An email inbox containing a large amount of spam messages
Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send multiple unsolicited messages (spam) to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, non-commercial proselytizing, or any prohibited purpose (especially phishing). It can also be repeatedly sending the same message to the same user. The most widely recognized form of spam is email spam.