Dave,
Peter,
PK> Bulk email is defined as the transmission of 2 or more
emails via a
PK> primarily automated process.
I believe that we do not care whether it was automated, and
we have no way to tell that it was automated.
Hence, citing that characteristic does not give us any useful
technical guidance for preventing, detecting or disposing of spam.
I'm unclear here. Are you saying that because today we don't try to
detect automation we can't use the term bulk?
And the number '2' is certain to be highly problematic.
PK> Unsolicited email is defined as email where the recipient has not
PK> explicitly approved of receiving bulk email from the sender.
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.
I don't know why you would post about some extreme unlikelyhood and then
use that as a position to discredit a definition. But to directly answer
your question, if a student hand-typed individiual emails and sent them
out one by one to a list of email addresses, that would not qualify as
UBE. It would be U but not B.
PK> OK gang, fire away.
bang. bang.
d/
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