Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: request for review for a non FUSSP proposal)
Seth <sethb@panix.com> Wed, 01 July 2009 04:53 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: request for review for a non FUSSP proposal)
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It seems clear that different definitions are useful for different things; in particular, different methods are better or worse depending on the definition used. For instance, it seems apparent that using "This Is Spam" buttons hit by users to train filters will do best under a definition like "email users say is spam". My suggestion of filtering confirmations through the ISP (so the site clicked on is theirs rather than the sender's, and they record the click and notify the sender) works really well using an "unsolicited" definition, and less well using a "user complaints" definition (since it's well known that users sometimes complain about mail they solicited). So, it can be worthwhile to specify which definition you're using when you suggest a method to optimize under that definition. But that's pure practicality, it has nothing to do with "right" or "wrong". There's no such thing with definitions. Rather, the purpose of a definition is to enable discussion about something without having to describe it in full each time it's mentioned. Seth
- [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: request … J.D. Falk
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Douglas Otis
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Rich Kulawiec
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Seth
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Seth
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Seth
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… der Mouse
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… der Mouse
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria is missing Ou… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Seth
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria is missing Ou… Douglas Otis
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… J.D. Falk
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Douglas Otis
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Claudio Telmon
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Dave CROCKER
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Claudio Telmon
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Michael Thomas
- Re: [Asrg] No, we're not going to define spam John Levine
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Ian Eiloart
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] No, we're not going to define spam Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Claudio Telmon
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Rich Kulawiec
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria is missing Ou… Douglas Otis
- Re: [Asrg] really, we're not going to define spam… John Levine
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria is missing Ou… Danny Angus
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Danny Angus
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Steve Atkins
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Seth
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Claudio Telmon
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Alessandro Vesely
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Claudio Telmon
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria is missing Ou… Douglas Otis
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: requ… Danny Angus
- Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria is missing Ou… Danny Angus