Where can I find more detailed information about ways to fight spam? Why is spam bad?
Spam is defined as unsolicited, bulk, electronic mail – it is the Internet equivalent of junk mail. Just about everyone who has been on the Internet for any length of time has received spam. Spam costs Internet Service Providers both time and money. ISPs must invest in extra hardware and pay employees to deal with thousands of unsolicited messages. Staff members are put to the task of investigating thousands of spam reports and complaints. Spam increases the load on mail servers and consumes valuable bandwidth. This increase in load overburdens mail queues which lead to delays in sending and receiving mail. Consumers also pay for spam. Time required to retrieve mail messages, including spam, from the server increases, wasting one’s time. Fees for accessing the Internet are dilated fro those who have a limited dial-up service. Time is wasted on filtering, blocking or deleting spam.
Spam is defined as unsolicited, bulk, electronic mail – it is the Internet equivalent of junk mail. Just about everyone who has been on the Internet for any length of time has received spam. Spam costs Internet Service Providers both time and money. ISPs must invest in extra hardware and pay employees to deal with thousands of unsolicited messages. Staff members are put to the task of investigating thousands of spam reports and complaints. Spam increases the load on mail servers and consumes valuable bandwidth. This increase in load overburdens mail queues which lead to delays in sending and receiving mail. Consumers also pay for spam. Time required to retrieve mail messages, including spam, from the server increases, wasting one’s time. Fees for accessing the Internet are dilated fro those who have a limited dial-up service. Time is wasted on filtering, blocking or deleting spam. There are psychological costs as well; frustration and annoyance mounts with each spam message polluting o
