The Definition of Spam''
The word ''Spam'' as applied to Email means Unsolicited Bulk Email (''UBE''). Unsolicited means that the Recipient has not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent. Bulk means that the message is sent as part of a larger collection of messages, all having substantively identical content.
A message is Spam only if it is both Unsolicited and Bulk.

Spam is an issue about consent, not content. Whether the UBE message is an advert, a scam, porn, a begging letter or an offer of a free lunch, the content is irrelevant - if the message was sent unsolicited and in bulk then the message is spam.
Spam is not a sub-set of UBE, it is not ''UBE that is also a scam or that doesn't contain an unsubscribe link'', all email sent unsolicited and in bulk is Spam.

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