Spamming

Spamming is a term used in world wide web that refers to transmit, distribute or deliver any unsolicited bulk or commercial messages over the Internet.

Spamming generally includes, but is not limited to the following

- Sending of unsolicited messages in bulk, or sending of unsolicited e-mails, which provoke complaints from recipients;

- Sending of junk mail;

- Use of distribution lists that include people who have not given prior explicit permission to be involved in such a distribution process;

- Posting commercial ads to USENET newsgroups that do not permit it;

- Posting articles containing binary encoded data to non-binary newsgroups;

- Excessive and repeated posting of off-topic messages to newsgroups;

- Excessive and repeated cross-posting;

- E-mail harassment of another Internet Customer or Customers, including but not limited to, transmitting of any threatening, libellous or obscene material, or material of any nature that may be deemed offensive;

- E-mailing of age-inappropriate communications or content to anyone under the age of 18.