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<DIV>In a message dated 1/27/2008 ben1456@smile.net.il writes:</DIV>
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size=2>>>Without getting into the question of issur or muttar, the
example <BR>that you give above is NOT spam in any sense what so ever. See
<BR>http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html. The people in your address
<BR>book presumably want, appreciate, or at least permit you to send them
<BR>material. Therefore it is not spam.<BR><BR>I will note that since ISPs
forbid sending spam, anyone doing so is <BR>abusing his
contract.<<<BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV>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? </DIV>
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