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Should spam be on the menu?

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Janice C. Sipior,

Burke T. Ward, and

P. Gregory BonnerAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 47, Issue 6

Pages 59 - 63

https://doi.org/10.1145/990680.990681

Published: 01 June 2004 Publication History

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Email marketing is an excellent, low-cost way to reach consumers, but spammers are currently looting much of its potential. The challenge is to develop an email marketing process that is consensual, efficient, and constitutional.

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Should spam be on the menu?
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Internet communications tools
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Government technology policy

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Wireless sensor networks

June 2004

93 pages

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DOI:10.1145/990680

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