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Spam_primer_wb3.sPubDate = "12/11/2003 4:13:09 AM GMT";
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Spam_primer_wb3.appHeader = "Q & A|Spam";
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Spam_primer_wb3[i++] = new Array("","What is spam?","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "While most e-mail users think they know spam when they see it, it has proven surprisingly difficult to define. Some of the most-common definitions being bandied about in connection with plans to regulate spam are: unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), which excludes unsolicited political messages and possibly outright fraudulent ones; unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE); unsolicited commercial bulk e-mail (UCBE); and  unsolicited electronic mail solicitations (UEMS), which would include even single unsolicited e-mails. Many e-mail marketers prefer a definition that would require unsolicited messages to be fraudulent, deceptive or objectionable before they would be considered spam.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "The spammers who flood your inbox on a daily basis are most likely members of a relatively small, shadowy group of pros capable of generating hundreds of millions of e-mails each day and using high-tech evasive tactics to avoid detection. Together, these big operators send the vast majority of unwanted e-mail. But they don’t work for free, and a wide variety of small-time crooks, inventors and even major U.S. companies may ultimately be behind the campaigns.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "Each year spam costs each U.S. end user between $30 and $50 and companies $730 in lost productivity for every employee with e-mail, according to the Anti Spam Research Group.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "Check the law in your state and the status of efforts to pass federal legislation at <a href=http://www.spamlaws.com target=new>spamlaws.com</a>.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "Most spammers build e-mail lists by harvesting from Web pages and Usenet postings.  So avoid putting your e-mail address on your Web page. If you feel you must, one helpful trick is to encode your e-mail address using HTML characters rather than simple text.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "Use multiple e-mail addresses, and save one for filling out Web forms and submitting to companies.  That will keep spam out of your primary e-mail.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "Read online forms and software registrations carefully.  Be sure to \"opt-out\"  at every chance, letting companies know you don't want them sharing your e-mail.";

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Spam_primer_wb3[i-1].body = "Not enough individuals go to the trouble of figuring out who's really behind the spam. Reading e-mail headers isn't as hard as it sounds -- <a href=http://email.miningco.com/internet/email/library/weekly/aa092297.htm target=new>click here</a> for a good primer.         <br>          <br>Generally, once you learn the actual sender's domain name, an e-mail to abuse@domain.com will do the trick.  If it doesn't, <a href=http://personalpages.tds.net/%7Eslambo/spamreports.htm target=new>here's a link</a> to a site with more details on finding the right e-mail address for complaints.";

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