We would like to give you the official definition of spam but it appears that Federal Trade Commission's Spam Forum can't figure out how to define it. Below is a small excerpt from a report at InternetNews.com by Roy Mark.

April 30, 2003
Spam Solutions Hard to Find
By Roy Mark

WASHINGTON -- An overflow crowd at the opening session of the Federal Trade Commission's Spam Forum Wednesday was quickly disabused of any notions that there are any simple answers to stopping the plague of unsolicited e-mail. The morning panelists, which included representatives from AOL, Microsoft and the Direct marketing Association (DMA), couldn't even agree on the definition of spam.

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Here is how we define spam.
We believe that spam is A) An unsolicited email you receive and do not wish to receive regardless of its content or nature whether it be advertising, political, religious or informational AND B) the email does not provide a functional Opt-Out method be it a link to an automated removal process or by simply replying and asking to not be emailed again AND C) the email has come from a person or business that you have never communicated with in the past or the emails sender is fake or forged email address.

Whatever your definition of spam is Mail Unknown can block it.