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Re: [Asrg] 3. Requirements and what is spam

2003-11-18 15:46:32
Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
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My latest attempt is:

"A message is spam if it was sent without the justified expectation that the recipients (however many) are willing to receive it."


The working defition of spam in the ASRG is stated in the technical considerations document (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-spam-techconsider-02.txt):

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For most working discussions, the term "Unsolicited Bulk Email" is sufficient.
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Your definition is basically another way to say "unsolicited". If I do not want it, its another way to say that it was unsolicited. That is the point that the charter of the group is addressing - consent based communications arises from the concept of solicited and unsolicited email, or consent and non-consent.

The bulk aspect of email may or may not be relevant, depending whom you ask. The same technical considerations document states regarding bulk:

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The salient point that it is a mass-mailing ensures that discussion covers the broadest concern of the user and provider communities. Mail that is not in some real sense "bulk" cannot flood networks or mailboxes.
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The "bulk" aspect of email is what causes problems to ISPs and other organization, while the unsolicited concept gives headaches to individual users.

Yakov


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