Definition of Junk e-mail

1. Noun. Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk).

Exact synonyms: Spam
Generic synonyms: E-mail, Electronic Mail, Email

Lexicographical Neighbors of Junk E-mail

juniper bush
juniper tar
juniperic acid
juniperin
juniperite
juniperites
juniperlike
junipers
junitoite
junjo
junk-sick
junk DNA
junk bond
junk conference
junk e-mail (current term)
junk food
junk heap
junk mail
junk pile
junk science
junk sciences
junk shop
junk shot
junk sick
junkanoo
junkanoos
junkball
junkballer
junkballers

Literary usage of Junk e-mail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spamming: The E-Mail You Want to Can: Congressional Hearing edited by W. J. Tauzin (2001)
"But in the world of junk e-mail marketing, it costs no more to send the first e- mail than it does to send the ten millionth e-mail. ..."

2. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Users whose addresses are harvested quickly begin receiving an ever-growing amount of junk e-mail, as spammers resell and exchange lists of known valid ..."

3. CyberRisk '96 Proceedings: Tools for Reducing Risk and Building Ethical by National Computer Security Association (1998)
"It may also create the potential for "junk e-mail" and other marketing uses. Additionally, this information may be embarrassing for users who ..."

4. The Heart of the Internet: An Insider's View of the Origin and Promise of by Jacques Vallee (2003)
"When you get a frivolous message, right-click it, select "junk e-mail" and "ADD TO JUNK SENDERS." Any future message from that address will go to the spam ..."

5. International Banking & Information Security Conference: 1997 edited by Don Krysakowski (1997)
"junk e-mail - unsolicited - who pays? - denial of service - outrage from many recipients - serious business consequences ..."

6. Cyber Risk '97: Conference Proceedingsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"Despite this fact, a majority of Internet and Online users express concern over their e-mail being read; getting too much junk e-mail; their visits to web ..."

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