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Re: [Asrg] Generally workable ways of adding a spam button to MUAs

2010-02-09 09:56:44
On 09/Feb/10 13:08, Ian Eiloart wrote:
--On 8 February 2010 16:44:18 +0100 Alessandro Vesely 
<vesely(_at_)tana(_dot_)it> wrote:
Problem A: report spam for complaining (was #3)

Problem B: tune servers' filters (was #2)

I don't think it's useful to try and solve both of them at the same time.

I'm completely confused by this message. I really don't understand at
all what it is that you're saying. Problem B is about how you handle
reports once you have them. I don't understand what "Problem A: report
spam for complaining" means at all.

Problem B imposes a tight matching between where the original message has been filter and where the report is going to be handled. In addition, it needs both spam and ham info. Since the main purpose of server-based (as opposed to client-based) filtering is to save bandwidth, efficiency is a relevant concern.

Problem A has a somewhat wider horizon, as it assumes that reported spam may be routed through some trust-chained operators, possibly reaching the author of the original message. Although the report may also be used for tuning or assessing anti-spam filters, its main purpose is to affect the source of the original message. This is a generalization --and regularization-- of the FBLs currently used between giant mailbox providers and ESPs. My expectation is that it will result in important advances in the collective understanding of spam, so that massive abuse reporting will not be needed forever. In the latter respect, relatively inefficient (inelegant) procedures may be acceptable, if they widen the chances of adoption.

Hope this clarifies my point, sorry for the unintended confusion.
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