What is the difference between Junk and Spam Mails? Is it save to check the same mails?  

Well dear,

Junk Mail means unwanted mail , especially advertising material.
Spam mail also known as "bulk e-mail" or "junk e-mail," is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail

Email spam targets individual users with direct mail messages.

Email spam lists are often created by scanning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching the Web for addresses.

Email spams typically cost users money out-of-pocket to receive.

Where as , Direct mail, also known as junk mail, advertising mail or admail, is the delivery of unsolicited advertising material to recipients of postal mail.

It forms a significant subdiscipline of direct marketing. Some organizations attempt to help people opt-out of receiving advertising mail, in many cases motivated by a concern over its negative environmental impact.

Answered by Ajay Pal at 7:59 AM on May 19, 2008

The term spam is said to derive from a famous Monty Python sketch ("Well, we have Spam, tomato & Spam, egg & Spam, Egg, bacon & Spam...") that was current when spam first began arriving on the Internet. SPAM is a trademarked Hormel meat product that was well-known in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War Il

Junk Mail is different than SPAM. I know to some, all unwanted mail is ?SPAM?, but let me explain the difference between SPAM and Junk Mail. If I go to a local department store, and give them my e-mail address on a credit-card application I might start getting mail from the department store that I don't want. The relationship with the department store is viable, but still I may not want to receive the messages. In reality I've probably been added to a broadcast-only listserver. Lots of these listservers append an un-subscribe footer to the message. However the problem with using an un-subscribe mechanism is that you are generally confirming your e-mail address which could be a further means for attracting more unwanted mail messages. This is where functionality from the ?Junk Mail Handling? features in GroupWise can be especially helpful. There are other reasons for using the Junk Mail. For example, what if you get a newsletter each month that you used to be interested in, but are not interested right now. It could be just easiest to use Junk Mail Handling to take care of these newsletters.

Answered by Sharad Singh at 6:41 PM on May 15, 2008

Junk Mail is different than SPAM. I know to some, all unwanted mail is ?SPAM?, but let me explain the difference between SPAM and Junk Mail. If I go to a local department store, and give them my e-mail address on a credit-card application I might start getting mail from the department store that I don't want. The relationship with the department store is viable, but still I may not want to receive the messages. In reality I've probably been added to a broadcast-only listserver. Lots of these listservers append an un-subscribe footer to the message. However the problem with using an un-subscribe mechanism is that you are generally confirming your e-mail address which could be a further means for attracting more unwanted mail messages. This is where functionality from the ?Junk Mail Handling? features in GroupWise can be especially helpful. There are other reasons for using the Junk Mail. For example, what if you get a newsletter each month that you used to be interested in, but are not interested right now. It could be just easiest to use Junk Mail Handling to take care of these newsletters.
Source :

http://spam.abuse.net /overview/whatisspam.shtml

Answered by Reeta K at 12:14 PM on May 15, 2008

Spam is unsolicited e-mail on the Internet. (E-mail that is wanted is sometimes referred to as ham.) From the sender's point-of-view, spam is a form of bulk mail, often sent to a list obtained from a spambot or to a list obtained by companies that specialize in creating e-mail distribution lists. To the receiver, it usually seems like junk e-mail.

Spam is roughly equivalent to unsolicited telephone marketing calls except that the user pays for part of the message since everyone shares the cost of maintaining the Internet. Spammers typically send a piece of e-mail to a distribution list in the millions, expecting that only a tiny number of readers will respond to their offer. It has become a major problem for all Internet users.

The term spam is said to derive from a famous Monty Python sketch ("Well, we have Spam, tomato & Spam, egg & Spam, Egg, bacon & Spam...") that was current when spam first began arriving on the Internet. SPAM is a trademarked Hormel meat product that was well-known in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

Answered by Nagendra at 8:32 AM on May 15, 2008

well Jks, Junk Mail means unwanted mail , especially advertising material.
Spam mail also known as "bulk e-mail" or "junk e-mail," is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail.The relationship with the department store is viable, but still I may not want to receive the messages. In reality I've probably been added to a broadcast-only listserver. Lots of these listservers append an un-subscribe footer to the message. However the problem with using an un-subscribe mechanism is that you are generally confirming your e-mail address which could be a further means for attracting more unwanted mail messages. This is where functionality from the ?Junk Mail Handling? features in GroupWise can be especially helpful.

Answered by Uttam at 8:31 PM on May 14, 2008

well,Junk Mail is different than SPAM. I know to some, all unwanted mail is ?SPAM?, but let me explain the difference between SPAM and Junk Mail. If I go to a local department store, and give them my e-mail address on a credit-card application I might start getting mail from the department store that I don't want. The relationship with the department store is viable, but still I may not want to receive the messages. In reality I've probably been added to a broadcast-only listserver. Lots of these listservers append an un-subscribe footer to the message. However the problem with using an un-subscribe mechanism is that you are generally confirming your e-mail address which could be a further means for attracting more unwanted mail messages. This is where functionality from the ?Junk Mail Handling? features in GroupWise can be especially helpful. There are other reasons for using the Junk Mail. For example, what if you get a newsletter each month that you used to be interested in, but are not interested right now. It could be just easiest to use Junk Mail Handling to take care of these newsletters.
you can get more information about it, check it out :
http://spam.abuse.net /overview/ whatisspam.shtml
Hope this will help you out.

Answered by satyaiitk at 6:29 PM on May 14, 2008

Both junk and spam mails have same meaning. Some email service name it junk and some spam. These folders store the mails which come the addresses that are not in our mailing list.

Answered by Kamlesh B at 5:35 PM on May 14, 2008

junk = a one time attempt to get your attention [advertisement]
spam = is multiple attempts to piss you and a hundred others off at the same time, time n time again

Answered by ayisha at 4:54 PM on May 14, 2008

Junk Mail means unwanted mail , especially advertising material.
Spam mail also known as "bulk e-mail" or "junk e-mail," is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail

Email spam targets individual users with direct mail messages. Email spam lists are often created by scanning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching the Web for addresses. Email spams typically cost users money out-of-pocket to receive.

Where as , Direct mail, also known as junk mail, advertising mail or admail, is the delivery of unsolicited advertising material to recipients of postal mail. It forms a significant subdiscipline of direct marketing. Some organizations attempt to help people opt-out of receiving advertising mail, in many cases motivated by a concern over its negative environmental impact.

Answered by Ashish Yadav at 2:11 PM on May 14, 2008

marven Junk mail cost them money to print, package and mail while spam costs you money. It is very easy to get rid of junk mail - just throw it away, but it is very time consuming and tedious to go through and delete all the spam.

Answered by raj u at 1:25 PM on May 14, 2008