junk e-mail

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junk e-mail - unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

spam

e-mail, electronic mail, email - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"

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E-mail users will receive and read messages the same way they always have, but without sorting through the junk e-mail to find the gems.

Free spam filter by Varughese, Julie A. / University Business

The time employees spend deleting junk e-mail costs companies nearly $22 billion a year, according to a recent survey.

Deleting spam costs businesses billions by Swartz, Nikki / Information Management Journal

THANKS TO THE ingenious CAN-SPAM Act passed by Congress last year, junk e-mail in the United States has been drastically reduced, rendering many inboxes completely spam free.

Cleaning up e-mail: an end to spam? by Metchis, Hanah / Reason

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