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In simple terms Spam ( also known as,
unsolicited commercial email, unsolicited bulk email, mass
email, junk email) is a message that advertises goods or
services that you send to someone without their prior consent
or in the absence of previous relationship. It is the electronic
equivalent of the junk mail you may receive in your postal
mailbox. But because of the economics of internet email,
it is much worse. See the “Why Spam is Bad”
section below to learn more.
In more advanced terms, there are four
main types of Spam: Usenet, message board, chat room (including
“Instant Messaging” services) and email. Usenet,
message board and chat room Spam are messages sent or posted
which are unrelated to the topic of discussion of that particular
area. Email Spam is any electronic message that is addressed
to a recipient with whom the initiator does not have an
existing business or personal relationship with.
There are also off-line activities
that while not considered Spam are prohibited. These activities
include distributing flyers or leaflets on private or public
property without authorized permission to do so and/or in
violation of applicable rules, regulations, or laws. Reports
of abuses such as these may lead to the termination of your
membership.
To understand why we are so adamant
against Spam, it is important to understand what Spam is.
As mentioned before Spam is just another word for unsolicited
email by someone you do not have a relationship (either
personal or professional) with. It is the computer world’s
version of “junk mail”. But it is much worse
than postal junk mail because Spam costs the recipients
not the sender. To understand how this works, let’s
use an example of an advertiser using junk mail with the
postal system versus an advertiser using a Spam method to
send “junk mail” messages to our email accounts.
If an advertiser wants to send out
a hundred thousand pieces of postal junk mail, they must
purchase a list of names, pay to have the pieces of mail
created and then pay postage to have it delivered to your
mailbox. The costs for such a mailing are large to the advertiser,
so they will not do it very often, particularly, if they
do not get much of a response.
Compare that to an advertiser who decides
to Spam the email system. This advertiser only has to purchase
a list of names, create an electronic advertisement and
send it via the internet to a hundred thousand people. Since
there is no postage involved, and very little production
costs, the advertiser is not out much... To make matters
worse, the advertiser could send you the same message everyday
without paying a penny more. Imagine your email box filled
everyday with thousands of messages, it would be next to
impossible to keep going through them to look for messages
from people or businesses you really cared about.
Compounding the problem would be all
the companies that provide servers and memory for the email
systems. This would include the company you purchase your
internet access from. They would be in an never-ending battle
of trying to add more memory and hardware to keep up with
the messages. Who would have to pay for these “performance
upgrades”? Of course, it would be you and all of the
rest us that rely on using the internet... It would be the
equivalent of having to pay the postal service to deliver
junk mail to us whether we wanted it or not.
Spam is also a tremendous time-waster.
It takes time to download, sort through, and identify the
junk mail, and then it takes your time to discard it from
your system so it no longer takes up memory space. All this
time wasted is not just yours, but everyone else who is
using the Internet Service Provider’s system to check
their mail... Cumulatively, it means the Internet Service
Providers need more equipment and bandwidth and, once again,
those costs are passed to their customers.
As you can see, no other advertising
costs the advertiser so little, and the recipient so much.
The closest analogy might be those automated machines that
call people on their cell phones (thereby using their “minutes”)
or receiving a “postage due” bill from your
postman on a piece of junk mail.
To be sure, it is not only 10pays.com
that thinks Spam is bad. In fact, anti-spamming legislation
has already taken effect in the U.S. The CAN-SPAM Act which
not only sets out guidelines that all commercial email messages
must adhere to but also provides for substantial penalties
for individuals or entities that violate these guidelines.
Many other countries throughout the world also have laws
and regulations against the use of Spam
No
one wants to see you do well and gain as many legitimate referrals as
possible more than we at 10pays.com do. But it is important for not
only you but for all us to be good citizens of the worldwide community
of web users. Certainly, you may use email to contact your friends and
let them know about this opportunity but we would encourage you to use
extreme caution when enlisting the services of many of the bulk email
services listed on the Internet. Many claim to have opt-in members only
when, in fact, that may not be the case. Great care should be taken
because complaints from people on such lists or governmental agencies
may put your membership in jeopardy. For more ideas on safe ways to
promote yourself and the 10pays.com opportunity, please click on the
“Referral Ideas” link on our homepage. |
