mainsleaze

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mainsleaze - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  mainsleaze
   n.
  
     1. Spam emitted by a reputable, mainstream company (as opposed to
     fly-by-night Viagra oeddlers and the like). Sometime this happens in
     honest ignorance, but the reputation danage can take years to live
     down.
  
     2. Occasionally used for a big-time spammer, with its own fat pipe,
     their own mailservers, and a pink contract. Almost impossible to
  get
     shut down.