انواع اسپم از دیدگاه وب سایت SORBS بصورت ذیل می باشند:
Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) is spam.
Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE) is spam.
Unsolicited Religious Email (URE?) is spam.
Unsolicited Political Email (UPE) is spam.
SORBS همه ی ایمیل های ناخاسته را به عنوان اسپم در نظر نمی گیرد.
SORBS ایمیل های ناخواسته به جز 4 مورد بالا را در نظر نمی گیرد.
This means that advertising messages as part of an Opt-In mailing list will be classed as spam if they are received before the confirmation of Opt-In is received by that list. Further, if the Opt-In confirmation appears to be an advert for products and services other than the mailing list it will also be considered spam.
A good test as to whether any particular message you might send will be considered to be spam is to ask the question, "Is the sender going to benefit more than the receiver of the message." if the answer is yes and the message is Unsolicited (the recipient has not explicitly asked for it) then the message would be considered as spam. Tip: An offer of a discounted item is going to benefit the sender more than the recipient.
