elkslayer338
Here is the definition of spam, that
COVERS everthing and I like.
spam 1. (From Hormel's Spiced Ham, via the Monty Python "Spam" song) To post irrelevant or inappropriate messages to one or more Usenet newsgroups, mailing lists, or other messaging system in deliberate or accidental violation of netiquette.
It is possible to spam a newsgroup with one well- (or ill-) planned message, e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women. This can be done by cross-posting, e.g. any message which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups. (Compare troll and flame bait).
Posting a message to a significant proportion of all newsgroups is a sure way to spam Usenet and become an object of almost universal hatred. Canter and Siegel spammed the net with their Green card post.
If you see an article which you think is a deliberate spam, DO NOT post a follow-up - doing so will only contribute to the general annoyance. Send a polite message to the poster by private e-mail and CC it to "postmaster" at the same address. Bear in mind that the posting's origin might have been forged or the apparent sender's account might have been used by someone else without his permission.
The word was coined as the winning entry in a 1937 competition to choose a name for Hormel Foods Corporation's "spiced meat" (now officially known as "SPAM luncheon meat"). Correspondant Bob White claims the modern use of the term predates Monty Python by at least ten years. He cites an editor for the Dallas Times Herald describing Public Relations as "throwing a can of spam into an electric fan just to see if any of it would stick to the unwary passersby."
Usenet newsgroup: news.admin.net-abuse.
See also netiquette.
2. (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To indiscriminately send large amounts of unsolicited e-mail meant to promote a product or service. Spam in this sense is sort of like the electronic equivalent of junk mail sent to "Occupant".
In the 1990s, with the rise in commercial awareness of the net, there are actually scumbags who offer spamming as a "service" to companies wishing to advertise on the net. They do this by mailing to collections of e-mail addresses, Usenet news, or mailing lists. Such practises have caused outrage and aggressive reaction by many net users against the individuals concerned.
3. (Apparently a generalisation of sense 2, above) To abuse any network service or tool by for promotional purposes.
"AltaVista is an index, not a promotional tool. Attempts to fill it with promotional material lower the value of the index for everyone. [...] We will disallow URL submissions from those who spam the index. In extreme cases, we will exclude all their pages from the index." -- Altavista.
4. To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data.
See also buffer overflow, overrun screw, smash the stack.
5. (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To flood any chat forum or Internet game with purposefully annoying text or macros. Compare Scrolling.
(2003-09-21)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2006 Denis Howe
As far as the SPAM, I was referring to in this thread...
AGCHAWK is correct in this statement...
The spam we were referring to was bogus "members" and links to porn sites, sites that sell various generic or pirated pills and potions, car insurance, etc.
As far as what you posted and is/was it
SPAM or in
VIOLATION of our rules. Quite simply
YES is was. Not the SPAM that bugs me
NEAR as much as the original intent of this thread however.
Here are the forum rules...
http://muleymadness.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=302
Here is the part you violated...
*Please no advertising or links to other hunting related websites.
Also see
#3 above.
And upon registering you received this information also...
You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit.
As the Administrator, I deleted your messages personally. I felt you where promoting self and your site. Which I personally did visit BTW.
Your store did relate to my venue, remember you
DID NOT post a single comment to anything other than self. I deleted the first one and then next day you posted again. I deleted it again.
I have allowed some folks in the past to post links to there personal sites for
FREE. Some which I choose, not all. Why you ask, because they did exactly what you didn't do. They started posting to the site/forums and sharing etc.
Then I met them and they sent me an email asking do you mind if I ...
I gave them permission, because they had contributed to the
"FAMILY" here at MuleyMadness. I could have said no please see our
ADVERTISING packages.
Another example is where another fellow asked the
EXACT same question as above. I said if you're interested in contributing and adding to MuleyMadness also, then I'll let you.
FUNNY things is I've
NEVER heard from him since and to my knowledge he has never made a post to the forums to add or contribute anything, other than he wanted to for self.
I'm way off on this topic, but you get the point I'm sure. I'll use this thread for future reference.
As for WELCOMING you to MM.
As for your thread on "stuff found where hunting" I read it also, would be appropriate for the "General Hunting" thread, it's a good one. We need to dig it out of this SPAM thread and give it, it's own thread.
As for winning me back on your site link. GOOD