Re: [Asrg] Adding a spam button to MUAs

Ian Eiloart <iane@sussex.ac.uk> Wed, 27 January 2010 14:58 UTC

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--On 27 January 2010 07:47:27 -0500 Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:06:21PM -0500, Chris Lewis wrote:
>> I explained that to RSK about a year ago.  Guess he forgot.
>
> No, but I do think you're right *and* I'm right.
>
> You're right about the statistics.
>
> I'm right about end-users: there is no way that any end-user should
> ever be permitted to classify anything as spam/not-spam. [1]  They clearly
> haven't got the slightest idea how to tell the difference...because
> if they DID, the scope of the problem we face would be much smaller.
> (It would still be non-zero: it's clear that many spammers don't care
> whether users receive, read, save, or respond to spam.)

I'm an end user, as is everyone on this list, and I resent that remark.

> ---Rsk
>
> [1] It might not be unreasonable to permit them the privilege of flagging
> something for review by someone equipped with appropriate expertise,
> although that has privacy implications that I'm not entirely comfortable
> with.

Well, flagging is all we're talking about. The review mechanism could be at 
least partially automated. You're right to flag privacy as an issue, but 
it's already an issue given that there are already widely deployed 
mechanisms for end users to flag mail as junk.

What this thread is about is the creation of standards to support those 
implementations, if I remember well.

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