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Re: Spam

From: "Forward, Jonathan" <JForward@sitgbsd1.telecom.com.au>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 96 08:47:00 EST
Subject: Re: Spam
To: "rec.music.gaffa" <love-hounds@gryphon.com>
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> Date: Tuesday, 5 March 1996 8:52AM

 Samantha wrote:

> Hi!  I'm still fairly new (only a month) to the digest and I still
> haven't figured out the meaning of the word "spam" as it's used in
> here.  Can someone explain for me?

 It's when someone posts irrelevant crap to many newsgroups
 simultaneously, rather than being polite like me and posting
 irrelevant crap to just one newsgroup. Hope this helps.


 TSB

 P.S. I believe this particular meaning of the word comes from the
 famous Monty Python 'Spam' sketch.