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From: asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org [mailto:asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]
On
Behalf Of Brett Watson
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:28 AM
To: asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: [Asrg] 3. Requirements and what is spam
Forget about defining "spam". At its broadest, "spam" is just
"anything that I deem inappropriate for my inbox". In its
narrower forms, "spam" is just a common specific instance of
that, like "unsolicited bulk email", but the specific
instance is not necessarily a pure subset of the general instance.
The general instance has the benefit of satisfying all
comers; the specific instance has the benefit of being
recipient-independent.
In my view, the owner of a particular inbox is the proper
authority on what is appropriate for that inbox, and anything
which plans to be a solution to "spam" should therefore deal
with the problem in its broadest sense. Is there a compelling
reason to deal with recipient-specific instances of the
problem (even common ones), rather than the problem in general?
The focus should be on how to empower mail *recipients* to
set their own mail policies and make everyone else deal with
it, as contrasted with the current situation in which the
*senders* have the upper hand. Why should I, as a mail
recipient, allow anything in my inbox that I don't want? A
perfect implementation of such an ideal is almost certainly
impossible, but that's the target we should be aiming for in
the fight against "spam". (No doubt this implies a research
direction, such as overcoming the ability of the sender to
lie with impunity, hence the spirit of LMAP.)
It's possible that the fight against the general case will
involve the development of many specific countermeasures
(rather than a single general one), and the ability of
recipients to choose which countermeasures they apply, but
there is no question in my mind that the ASRG should approach
"spam" in its broadest sense.
Regards,
TFBW
YES! Very well stated!
I Agree with what is said above.
:-)
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