Vernon,
From: Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net>
...
The example I posted about a student sending personal queries to some
experts -- and let's remember it does not matter how the student got
their addresses -- is unsolicited, but should not count as bulk.
...
VS> Why not!? "Bulk" does not mean "spam," if you are defining "spam"
VS> and you are not insisting that "spam" and "bulk" are synonyms.
as I said in the note with the example, it is the combination of
unsolicited and bulk that make it spam. Remove either qualifier and it
is something else.
VS> If your student sent a lot of substantially identical messages, it makes
VS> no sense to say they are not bulk.
The problem is with the distinction between "a lot" and "not a lot". If
the student sends 2, it is not bulk. If they send 1,000,000 it is.
Where is the line that divides? Why?
VS> It's crazy to set out to define "spam" and procede by redefining
VS> words that are already well defined in English.
I agree entirely.
VS> If you think
VS> "unsolicited bulk email" is a bad definition of "spam," then propose
VS> other English (or Latin, or whatever) words.
perhaps it will help if you respond to the detail of my earlier post,
where I suggest that UBE is a good working term, and then consider the
challenges to qualifying the components.
And, yes, I think that the "reasonable person" approach has its uses,
but not enough for building software.
d/
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