Re: [Asrg] draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: request for review for a non FUSSP proposal)

[Seth <[e-mail]>]

> --On 26 June 2009 10:42:55 -0400 Seth <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Ian Eiloart <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> --On 26 June 2009 10:11:49 -0400 Seth <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>> Ian Eiloart <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>>> What makes them unique?  If the individualisation is merely a mail
>>>> merge, they're still bulk.  If the salescritter spent an hour
>>>> investigating me in order to determine that I'm a good prospect and
>>>> figure out the best way to entice me, the problem scales just fine.
>>>
>>> And how would I, as a recipient, know which had happened? How would
>>> I know whether to report the message as spam?
>>
>> If it isn't apparent from the message itself, you probably shouldn't
>> be on the net without adult supervision.
>
> Really, SMTP has some feature that lets me determine -from the content of 
> an email- exactly how that email was constructed and who spent what amount 
> of time putting it together?

No, the English language and typical adult ability to read for content
provide the capability of determining whether a message appears to be
(lightly-customized) boilerplate or individually crafted.

For instance, it's apparent to me that all of the earlier messages in
this thread were hand-crafted.

It's likewise apparent that "Hi, this is <female name>.  I saw your
profile and I'd like to get to know you better.  I borrowed my
friend's account to send this, so you should reply to me on
<website>." is spam.

Seth