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Along with the development of the Internet in recent years, e-mail becomes more popular among people who use the internet. For e-mail users, they should deal with huge amount of e-mails everyday. E-mails which can be sent from co-workers, friends, business partners, and even from strangers are junk mails in most of time. Junk mails, no matter they are useful or not, will bring all kinds of information to the receivers. Junk mails on the internet cause receivers headache, because people have to spend more time on them. Therefore, information about what is junk mail on the internet, and people¡¯s attitude can give us opportunity to see junk mails on the internet clearly and, the methods people use to deal with junk mail would help us to avoid the harassment from them. ... Aim
The aim of this study is to investigate what people¡¯s attitude toward junk mail on the internet. ... General information about junk mail
The technology that is coming will have a huge impact on our everyday lives. More and more people use internet to search information, chat with friends, shopping, and also they have E-mail address on Internet. ... We know that lots of people use E-mail on the Internet. However, most E-mail users have had the experience of receiving plenty of items of junk mail each week, and many receive items of junk mail every day. Most people now feel that e-mail spam is getting beyond a joke. Nevertheless, who invented junk mail and when? ... The history of junk mail
Junk mail was invented in the U. ... Its bulk can fill mailboxes, engulfing important personal mail. ... The Definition of Junk mail
Junk mail is sometimes known as ¡°spam¡± and those who send it out are known as ¡°spammers¡±, the term is said to be derived from the Monty Python sketch about spam. In fact, nowadays, people have to receive junk mail in their account every day without any choices. ... 52) has estimated the definition of junk mail ¡®It¡¯s only junk mail if the recipient asks you to discontinue using their e-mail address and you ignore the request or if you subscribe them to a list without their permission.¡¯ Furthermore, junk mail would interfere with the office tasks. (Christensen, 2003)
According to the definition which is given by Brad Templeton, junk mail is a mass mailing, where some party has ordered that a quantity of mails be sent to a group of people. ... We know that junk mail is the mail which you just take spam. ... Actually, different people have different concepts of junk mail. The weeds in your garden, the mail that you through away without opening are junk stuff for you, however, in others view the weeds could be beautiful flowers; thus, one person¡¯s junk mail would be another¡¯s treasure, because the mails could be the important information. The information whether junk mail sent to us is junk or not, depends on personal opinion. ... The types of junk mails
Today, it is very easy to receive a junk mail. However, what are the junk mails usually about? ... Austin State University (Christensen, 2003) found that junk mails usually contain get-rich schemes (29%), sex (13%), fraud (10%), and bulk mail (9%). ... The reasons for receiving junk mail
Most of junk mail we receive consists of advertisements which are sent by many companies. Although most people regard junk mail as an annoyance and waste of trees, few people think that the commercial junk mail should be stopped completely; there are still lots of companies which choose to send E-mail to promote their products. As we know, sending E-mail is easier and cheaper than normal mail. ... But in recent years the volume and intensity of junk mail has reached such high levels that many people consider some or all direct marketing solicitations as intrusive clutter that interferes with their lives. ... Some interesting facts about Junk Mail
Americans receive over 2 million tons of junk mail every year, of which, more than 44% is never opened or read.
The average American, The Center for a New American Dream said, spends 8 months opening junk mail during his/her lifetime.
Each year more than 4 million tons (62 billion pieces) of junk mail is produced.
To produce this mail, it takes 100 million trees and 28 billion gallons of water. ... receives 572 pieces of junk mail per year. ... 6 tons of bulk mail annually ¨C the typical weight of four elephants.
If one person halts their personal bulk mail, they will save 1/5 of a tree, 46 pounds of carbon dioxide and 70 gallons of water each year. ... 2 People¡¯s attitude toward junk mail
2. ... 1 People¡¯s usual notion about junk mail
An idea has been given (Lee, Victor., e-mail communication, 12 September, 2003) that people always feel junk mails are not only nonsense but also waste of time. People think that all of the junk mails contain useless information, and urge people to send money, which almost sound like cheating. ... 2 Statistics on junk mail
From 2000-2001, users in China had received 21 e-mails per week. ... 99% of users in China were receiving junk mail while others said ¡®no¡¯.
Approximate Word count = 4382
Approximate Pages = 17.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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