Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent expression)
Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Wed, 05 March 2003 04:53 UTC
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From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
To: Brad Templeton <brad@templetons.com>
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent expression)
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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 23:49:28 -0500
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:00:08 -0800 Brad Templeton <brad@templetons.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:59:16PM -0500, Keith Moore wrote: > > To a recipient, spam is mail he finds annoying, doesn't want to receive, > > and > > > > To an ISP, spam is what violates its AUP. Alternately, it's what > > customers To a sender, spam is whatever someone else is doing. No spammer > > sees himself > > > The purpose of a definition of spam is to use legal tactics against > it, typically in contract law, but also possibly in statute. I don't think it's necessary, or particularly useful, for us to try to nail down "the" definition of spam in objective terms. I agree (for the reasons you cited, and probably others) that the definition of spam used in anti-spam laws needs to be different than a recipient's definition of spam. The kind of spam that a recipient wants to block, or that an ISP might want to forbid, might not match the definition of spam in anti-spam laws. And it might be useful for a recipient to be able to block things that don't match the legal definition, and for ISPs to be able to filter such traffic based on a recipient's instrctions. If nothing else, such laws and their definitions of spam will vary from one jurisdiction to another. > However, for a system to be implemented by the IETF or similar body, > a much narrower concensus is required, as this will be the default > for much of the E-mail system of the world. I doubt that it's appropriate for IETF to try to standardize means of blocking or filtering only what IETF thinks is spam, and I didn't read this IRTF group's charter as suggesting that kind of approach. Keith _______________________________________________ Asrg mailing list Asrg@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg
- consent expression (was RE: [Asrg] ASRG next step… Paul Judge
- Re: consent expression (was RE: [Asrg] ASRG next … Vernon Schryver
- [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent expres… Keith Moore
- Re: consent expression (was RE: [Asrg] ASRG next … Fred Baker
- RE: consent expression (was RE: [Asrg] ASRG next … Bob Wyman
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Brad Templeton
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Brad Templeton
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Mark Delany
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Brad Templeton
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Mark Delany
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Roland
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Roland
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Chris Lewis
- RE: consent expression (was RE: [Asrg] ASRG next … Barclay, Robert
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Chris Lewis
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Alan DeKok
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Brad Templeton
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- principles / first do no damage (Re: [Asrg] defin… Adam Back
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Brad Templeton
- Re: principles / first do no damage (Re: [Asrg] d… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Mark Delany
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Chris Lewis
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Kee Hinckley
- RE: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Gary Feldman
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Troy Rollo
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Kee Hinckley
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Keith Moore
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Troy Rollo
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Fred Baker
- Re: [Asrg] definition of spam (was Re: consent ex… Troy Rollo