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I assume you're being facetious, but there is a literal definition of SPAM in the United States (or, at least, a definition whereby it's OK to send 'commercial email', the inverse of which could be considered SPAM). (From Wikipedia for the CAN-SPAM act - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003#Applica...)

A commercial email is legal if it complies with the following:

Unsubscribe compliance

* A visible and operable unsubscribe mechanism is present in all emails.

* Consumer opt-out requests are honored within 10 business days.

* Opt-out lists also known as Suppression lists are only used for compliance purposes.

Content compliance

* Accurate "From" lines (including "friendly froms")

* Relevant subject lines (relative to offer in body content and not deceptive)

* A legitimate physical address of the publisher and/or advertiser is present. PO Box addresses are acceptable in compliance with 16 C.F.R. 316.2(p) and if the email is sent by a third party, the legitimate physical address of the entity, whose products or services are promoted through the email should be visible.

* A label is present if the content is adult.

Sending behavior compliance

* A message cannot be sent through an open relay.

* A message cannot be sent without an unsubscribe option.

* A message cannot be sent to a harvested email address.

* A message cannot contain a false header.

* A message should contain at least one sentence.

* A message cannot be null.

* Unsubscribe option should be below the message.




Was being genuine - thank you for the detailed response.




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