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present participle and gerund of spam examples
countable and uncountable, plural spammings
(Internet) The act of sending unwanted electronic mail. quotations examples
Any reply perversely tells the spammer that you're a "live one" and that your e-mail address should be kept active for future spammings.
2005, Joel Dubin, The Little Black Book of Computer Security, page 53