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RE: [Asrg] Another criteria for "what is spam"...

"Peter Kay" <peter@titankey.com> Thu, 05 June 2003 01:58 UTC

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From: Peter Kay <peter@titankey.com>
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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 15:53:14 -1000
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Yes but we can't define bulk mailing as spamming. But we CAN define that
UNSOLICITED bulk email is spamming.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kent@songbird.com [mailto:kent@songbird.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:04 PM
> To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip
> Cc: Asrg@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Asrg] Another criteria for "what is spam"...
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:57:28PM -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> > The problem I have is the fact I get 300 spams a day. The fact that 
> > those spams are also sent to 10 million or so others is not 
> relevant 
> > to me. My problem is the fact that *I* am getting the messages. I 
> > would have exactly the same problem if I was the only 
> person who got 
> > that quantity of messages.
> 
> Reality is that you get that quantity of messages because of 
> the fact of bulk mailings, and hence bulk mailings are 
> relevant -- at least to the extent that reality is relevant.  :-)
> 
> To put it another way, if bulk mailing was eliminated, your 
> spam problem, along with everyone else's, would be eliminated.
> 
> Kent
> 
> -- 
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