Re: [Asrg] Spam detection system proposal

[Matt Sergeant <msergeant@startechgroup.co.uk>]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Keith Moore wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:42:10 +0000 (GMT)
> Matt Sergeant <msergeant@startechgroup.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Keith Moore wrote:
> > 
> > > > What are the differences between a spammer and a legitimate mass
> > > > mailer? 
> > > 
> > > the percentage of recipients who want to receive the messages.
> > > that's all.
> > 
> > Surely "want" is not the right word here.
> 
> it's what I intended.  if >99% of recipients want to receive the
> messages, the sender is in some sense "legitimate".  if <1% want to
> receive the message, the sender is a "spammer".  

This puts the definition of spam in terms of quantity though. So you can 
end up with a targetted spammer sending something to a small number of 
people, all who think its interesting and useful, yet its bulk and 
unsollicited. I don't like legitimising that, and I know I'm not alone in 
that. I stick tightly to the monkeys.com definition of spam.

Matt.

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