Archive-name: usenet/spam-faq
Posting-Frequency: weekly
Last-modified: 1998/11/10
URL: http://www.killfile.org/faqs/spam.html
Maintainer: tskirvin@killfile.org (Tim Skirvin)
Original-Author: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)

Current Spam thresholds and guidelines.

This article is intended to describe the current consensus spam thresholds
and ensure that the definitions of these terms are available and consistent.
It is believed that most, if not all, spam cancellers use these terms and
definitions in their work; however, many other people use the terms
inappropriately, which leads to confusion in discussions. This is an
informal FAQ aimed at clarity and understanding, not anal-retentive
correctness.

Excessive Multi-Posting (EMP) has the same meaning as the term "spam"
usually carries, but it is more accurate and self-explanatory. EMP means,
essentially, "too many separate copies of a substantively identical
article."

Perhaps you heard of a child born with "crab hands"--instead of having
five fingers, his arms end in two thick appendages that look like the
pincers of a crab. In the Philippines, many folks would most likely
blame this on 'paglilihí.'

According to a longstanding Filipino belief concerning 'paglilihí,'
when the wishes or craving of a mother during the early stages of her
pregnancy were not satisfied, her unborn child's condition would...