Spam (electronic)

Spam (electronic)

Electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages advertising, indiscriminately.The most widely recognize form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, classified ads spam, mobile messaging spam, Internet forum spam, fax transmissions, networking spam, social spam, file sharing network spam.Is named for Spam, a luncheon meat, by way of a Monty Python sketch in which Spam included  almost every dish.

Spamming remains economically viable because advertisers have no operating costs.The management of their mailing lists,  is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass. Mailings  the barrier to entry is so low spammers are numerous. The volume of unsolicited mail has become very high.

 

 In the year 2011, the figure for spam messages is seven trillion. The costs such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which have been forced to add extra capacity . Spamming has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions.