SPAM essays

SPAM essays SPAM is clogging emails, viruses are spread by emails, and criminal activity is transacted by emails. But because the Internet is public, there is really little that can be done to prevent spam, just as it is impossible to prevent junk mail. There is some debate in society whether internet is rapidly losing appeal and should be abandoned as a reliable form of communication. However in my opinion, internet is clearly not losing its appeal in the eye of public. This paper will critically discuss that statement using researched evidence to support my side of opinion. The first step in dealing with the spam problem is finding a definition that makes sense. It's a process already started by lawmakers, and their effort is probably the only way the final definition will ever be truly standardized. According to Paul Soltoff Here's that definition: Spam is an email message that the recipient and only the recipient deems inappropriate, unwanted, or no longer wanted for any reason. Some people define spam even more generally as any unsolicited e-mail. However, if a long-lost high sister finds your e-mail address and sends you a message, this could hardly be called spam, even though it's unsolicited. Real spam is generally e-mail advertising for some product sent to a mailing list or newsgroup. In accordance with Webpodia Computer Dictionary, there is some question about the source of the term, but the generally accepted version is that it comes from the Monty Python song, "Spam spam spam spam, spam spam spam spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam..." Like the song, spam is an endless repetition of worthless text. Another school of thought maintains that it comes from the computer group lab at the University of Southern California who gave it the name because it has many of the same characteristics as the lunchmeat Spam: Nobody wants it or ever asks for it. No one ever eats it; the first item to be pushed to the side w...