Spam is America's favorite mystery meat.
There are two kinds of Internet Spam. Usenet Spam-a message posted to 20 or more Usenet newsgroups. A message posted to this many newsgroups cannot be relevant to all the targeted newsgroups and therefore disrupts the usefulness of the newsgroup topics. They are junk mail and an irresponsible waste of computing resources. What to do about Spam Unfortunately it is usually not possible to identify and discipline the sender, although the Internet community willingly cooperates in trying to do this.