On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:46:38 -0500
Kee Hinckley <nazgul(_at_)somewhere(_dot_)com> wrote:
At 8:58 AM -0500 3/6/03, Keith Moore wrote:
I also don't believe in treating one-to-many email differently than
one-to-one email, because it's the content of the email that the
recipient cares about rather than the number of recipients.
I disagree, and I have several examples.
your first two examples support my assertion - they are both based
on content (perhaps on subtlties of content) rather than volume. as for
your third example (and I've received messages like this also) -
yes, the meaning of the message changes if I can determine whether
the message was sent to lots of people. but I generally figure if I
have never heard of a conference, and I don't know any of the people
who are supposed to be hosting the conference, then they're probably not
being very selective in inviting me.
I believe there are three components to identifying spam.
1. Routing information*
2. Content analysis
3. Bulk identification
Neither 1 nor 2 are completely sufficient without 3.
I disagree. I don't want to receive ads for nigerian money transfer
scams. I don't care if I'm the only one receiving those ads.
The fact that a message was sent to many people can significantly
change its interpretation.
yes, sometimes. but does the recipient have a right to know how many
people a message was sent to?
let's say I get a message from my boss (or someone higher in the food
chain) telling me that I got a raise (or a pay cut). should I be able
to determine whether that same message was sent to lots of other people
- i.e. do I have a right to know whether I'm being singled out?
I prefer routing information because it's based on the assumption
that spammers either a) have a safe-haven and can be blocked, or b)
are trying to hide where they are coming from.
I think the lies are short-term. Keeping spammers from lying about
who they are won't stop spam, it will only mean that different people
are spamming.
Keith
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