Re: [SLUG] SPAM or HAM?

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jan 29 2005 - 13:01:50 EST


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, jeff wrote:

> On Saturday 29 January 2005 12:02, Dave Lowe wrote:
> > Here's a dumb question. KMail will classify a message as SPAM. Well, duh, I
> > know what SPAM is. But it also will classify a message as HAM. What is a
> > HAM message?
> >
> The simplest definition is that ham is anything that is not spam. Sort of like
> the definitions for hardware and software:
> Hardware: Anything that isn't software
> Software: Anything that isn't hardware

If you can kick it, it's hardware.

Or the Luddite version: If you can throw it out a window, it's hardware. :-)

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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H.L. Mencken

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