actually, no. originally spam referred to excessive cross posting, usually on unrelated newsgroups but even when done on relevant newsgroups to an excessive extent. commercial spam is a later problem, and the primary problem these days. i have noted a couple of list members obsessively posting the exact same text to 2 or even 4 listservs, this is not polite, a question should generally only be asked on one listserv and possibly re-asked on another listserv if no responses are forthcoming. but when it's an easy problem, it's really, really obnoxious to post it to several list simultaneously and rather irritating, it's a good way to get me to NOT help you.
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