On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 12:22 PM, Brad Templeton wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:56:50AM -0800, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
Is it? Even if only 20% of the message content is common?
Yup. When it comes to definitions and rules, computers don't break
rules.
Only humans break rules. Computers simply execute commands.
okay, we'll agree to disagree.
after that. You don't want to have to answer questions like a
threshold of
difference among the messages, or what percentage of the text was the
same
from message to message.
because it's hard to determine via a program, even if it's important.
And, as it turns out, pure volume is something computers can detect,
and it
is the root cause of spam.
It's easy to detect, even if it's the wrong thing. I disagree that
volume is the root cause of spam. consent and the issues surrounding it
are. Volume is an issue because spam is easy to send and because the
large amount we're getting creates a high level of frustration -- but
you're focussing on volume because it's easy to count, not because it's
the right measure for the job. IMHO, of course.
There are lots of legitimate large volume mailings out there, and lots
of low volume spam setups, too. Just because someone sends out 10,000
copies of "Jesus tells you to stop the war" doesn't mean it's more
legitimate than 1,000,000 copies of your favorite hair restoration
e-mail....
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