[Avodah] Is spam kosher?

[T613K at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/27/2008 ben1456 at smile.net.il writes:

>>Without getting into the question of issur or muttar, the  example 
that you give above is NOT spam in any sense what so ever. See  
http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html. The people in your address  
book presumably want, appreciate, or at least permit you to send them  
material. Therefore it is not spam.

I will note that since ISPs  forbid sending spam, anyone doing so is 
abusing his  contract.<<






>>>>>
To some degree, spam is in the eye of the beholder.  AOL puts a lot of  stuff 
in my spam folder but when I go there, it gives me the option to  select any 
letter and click, "This is not spam."  It's spam if I say so and  it's not 
spam if I say so.  Wow, what a lot of power I have!  But  getting back to the 
question of whether it's assur to send spam -- as I said  before, I don't see the 
grounds to say it's assur.  Maybe  "ona'ah"?   Is there a general prohibition 
against annoying  people?  
 

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