On Thu, 22 May 1997 19:49:17 -0400 you said:
>what is a spam?

Spam is  the act  of posting  the same message  to multiple  e-mail addresses
and/or  discussion groups.  Its considered  a wasteful  activity in  terms of
network resource usage and, often, the  message being spammed turns out to be
the electronic equivilent of junk mail.

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