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Nack
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 10:04
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This is probably are really stupid/useless question, but got brought up by a friend today and i dont know the answer to that...

what exactly IS spam? see it in the internet a lot, but dont know what it quite means....

yepp...feeling quite stupid right now...but i really want to know what it means...haha

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The Lynx
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 10:14 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2004 10:16
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Super Promoted Advertising Mail



But of course no one knows what spam really is.

Just look at this greatly commented diagram thing:


Mmm.. Yummy:


Oh no! Chrissy had used her powers to turn herself into a hideous man-eating giant!
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Mnemonix
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 11:25
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You know when you been spammed...

Visit the Db chat room, ask me for details!.
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HZence
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 11:48
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Quote: "Super Promoted Advertising Mail"


Nope, it's actually

Stupid
Pointless
Annoying
Messages


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Killswitch
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What? No! Oh crap I'm a huge spammer then!

~It's a common mistake to make, the rules of the English langauge do not apply to insanity~
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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 18:54
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I see spam as pointless posts, like posts that don't really say anything relevant - quoting from websites is not really spam, just opening stuff up for discussion really - unless it's just an advert trying to sell us something, in which case we should fill the postee's shoes with nettles.


Van-B


Muhahahahaha.
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