1. Junk e-mail

1.1 Definition of spam

Spam is also known as bulk email (UBE – Unsolicited bulk email ) [1] or junk email.

The terms "pourriel" or "courrier indésirable" are sometimes used, but the term "spam" is often preferred in documentation.

The term "spam" originated in a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus [2] , in the 1970s, in which the term is endlessly repeated in reference to a bistro menu lacking in choice, in parody...