Software periodically probes your In box, examining each message and using algorithms to determine the probability of its being junk mail, and then removes those it considers spam.

On Ebay, people like Mr. Miller are referred to as "bottom feeders" and their E-mail soliciting business is considered spam.

This email is technically solicited by you and isn't considered spam.

If a person receives an e-mail from a business that he never requested, chances are that e-mail is considered spam.

Spam: Posting the same message, or an unsolicited commercial message, to one or many topics or boards is considered spam and will be removed.

Unless directly responding to other commenters, posting multiple times on the same entry will be considered spam.

For an example of the latter, consider spam, which thrives in the email ecosystem and could not exist outside it.

A concern exists that senders whose messages are more likely to be considered spam would accrue a greater benefit by using such a tag.

Telemarketing techniques are also applied to other forms of electronic marketing using e-mail or fax messages, in which case they are frequently considered spam by receivers.

In their configuration users can specify individuals whose emails are never considered spam, or change the scores for certain rules.