Synonyms
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- Spam:
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Unsolicited, unwanted message intended to be delivered to an indiscriminate target, directly or indirectly, notwithstanding measures to prevent its delivery
- Spammer:
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Originator of spam message
- Spam Filter:
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An automated tool that is built to detect spam message with the purpose of preventing its delivery
- Whitelist:
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A list of contacts whose e-mails should be delivered
- Blacklist:
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A list of contacts whose e-mails are deemed to be spam
- Classifier:
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A model that identifies which of a set of categories an object belongs to
Definition
Spam generally refers to “unsolicited, unwanted message intended to be delivered to an indiscriminate target, directly or indirectly, notwithstanding measures to prevent its delivery” (Cormack 2008). While e-mail spam is the mostly widely recognized form of spam, spam actually pervades many existing information systems and social media, including instant messaging (Paulson 2004), blogs...
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Dong, C., Zhou, B. (2014). Spam Detection, E-mail/Social Network. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_294
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