Re: [Asrg] SICS

[Laird Breyer <laird at lbreyer.com>]

On Dec 21 2004, John Levine wrote:
> >Would it be accurate to say that ASRG is interested in Z-mail
> >prevention solutions where Z-mail is a label for some set of
> >messages, and Z-mail can be taken to be spam?
> 
> Not really.  That still implies that there's a fixed set of mail
> that ASRG is trying to stamp out.  I presume you have looked at
> the charter at http://www.irtf.org/charters/asrg.html.
> 

The charter does emphasise that the ASRG is looking for well
specified problems, and makes it clear that a multitude of
techniques to tackle them is desirable. As such, doesn't that
encourage attempts to define spam?

The original message you responded to suggested a possible
definition, followed by a link to some protocol which takes
that definition as a basis. I guess I don't see what prompted
you to warn against attempting to define spam. Could you explain?  

> My position is that any anti-spam project has to identify the flavor
> of spam that the project is attempting to address, but I don't expect
> projects all to address the same thing.

I agree with that position. Perhaps I read too much into your comment.

-- 
Laird Breyer.

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