Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> On 10/7/2011 11:55, Jim Henderson wrote:
> > I would agree.  I define it as "advertising I didn't ask for".
>
> All advertising is advertising you didn't ask for. Otherwise it's product
> literature. :-)

I agree.

> I would say (for example) that most "junk mail" would be spam.

But junk mail doesn't come postage due.  It doesn't add to the cost of postal
services.

> But someone
> standing in the door of the store handing out coupons good in that store for
> products you may or may not be there to buy wouldn't be spam. The server
> telling you the specials of the day is advertisement but not spam. (Unless
> the special of the day is spam, of course.)

Do you mean "Spam" with a capital "S"?

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