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I don't think there's an exact, precise meaning for the word spam. You could ask ten different people, and they'll all agree on the gist of it, but if you press for details, you'll get ten slightly different versions of what is and isn't spam.
Say I know a friend of mine has been drooling after a bigger hard drive for months, and I get one of those emails from Tiger Direct that happens to have a great deal on a hard drive. Naturally I'm going to forward the message on to my friend and let him decide if he's interested, because he's been talking about how bad he needs a drive. Is that spam? It's an unsolicited commerical forward, but from a friend with personal knowledge of the situation.
What if I hear about a job and give them a friend's email address who's extremely unhappy at his current job, and this is something he's more into? ( It's an IT job at a organic food company, and he's a hippie vegetarian. ) If they write him because they've been told he would enjoy working there and has brilliant developer skills, is it spam? The two of them have no prior relationship, that's why I'm playing match maker.
( FYI, I cleared it with him first, but if I hadn't, it's a good example question. )
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