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Re: [Asrg] 3. Requirements - Non Spam must go through

2003-07-08 01:37:42
Just ran across this quote from the John Gilmore of the EFF 
(http://www.politechbot.com/p-04927.html):


----snip----
After years of divisive discussions, a very similar pledge/oath/policy
was
what EFF was able to come to agreement on:

"Any measure for stopping spam must ensure that all non-spam messages
reach
their intended recipients."

Perhaps none of us has yet come up with a silver bullet to solve the 
problem of spam -- but it IS within our power to solve the problem of
overzealous anti-spam measures.
----snip----

Unless my "anti-spam" system is perfect, there must be no silent
false-positives for this to be true. Either a sender whose message is not
delivered because of the action of some "anti-spam" system must be able to
know this. And be able to find out what they can do about it.
(This is a very strong argument for "spam" rejection to happen during the
SMTP - or whatever - transaction; we don't want to be sending DSN or
challenges to forged senders.)
Or, the "receiver" must be be informed that the message hasn't been
delivered, and be able to do something about it (but this imposes a cost on
the receiver).






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