On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Bob Proulx mused:
[Hormel SPAM]
> their trademark. It is their revenue source. What would you do in
> their place?
Um, I hate to point this out, but Hormel's revenue source is a physical
product, not a trademark.
(sheesh, IP madness)
--
`There's something satisfying about
> So if anyone else thinks this would be useful what other categories are
> there? Here is what Postini offers:
I really like this idea.
as you said, it could be used to NOT filter out certain things... so if
you want "get rich quick" mail, you dis/enable it in your user file and
those scores
I'm sure this can be site specific... :)
- Original Message -
From: "Kip Turk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bart Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SAtalk] s/SPAM/spam/ it seem
> "SPAM is a registered trademark of Hormel Foods, LLC, for luncheon meat."
>
> Didn't they have a press release a few months ago that stated that it didn't
> really bother them that UCE was being called spam?
That is right, "spam", not "SPAM". They have a legal need to protect
their trademark
e of any interest in their product? All this means to them is more
traffic, and don't think they don't notice it.
* Daniel Rogers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> From: Daniel Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SAtalk] s/SPAM/spam/ it seems
>
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 12:43:49PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote:
> Is Hormel in the computer business? Is their trademark registered in
> the appropriate category that covers email/web? Only then is it
> infringing.
If you go to www.hormel.com and have a look at the bottom, you'll see:
"SPAM is a
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Vivek Khera wrote:
> > "JM" == Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> JM> "SPAM" is a tm of Hormel, whereas "spam" is not, apparently...
>
> Is Hormel in the computer business? Is their trademark registered in
> the appropriate category that covers email/web? Onl
> "JM" == Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> "SPAM" is a tm of Hormel, whereas "spam" is not, apparently...
Is Hormel in the computer business? Is their trademark registered in
the appropriate category that covers email/web? Only then is it
infringing.
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Kip Turk wrote:
> > "category score" as well as a basic spam score, and the subject tag could
> > be selected using the category that scores highest.
>
> God no, please. It was hard enough getting our customers to put the
> single filter rule for **SPAM** in their e-
>
> Hmm, here's a thought. Each SA rule could (optionally) be assigned a
> "category" (porn, UCE, MLM, fraud, etc.). SA could then tally up a
> "category score" as well as a basic spam score, and the subject tag could
> be selected using the category that scores highest.
>
> Some rules, like bei
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Hmm, here's a thought. Each SA rule could (optionally) be assigned a
> "category" (porn, UCE, MLM, fraud, etc.). SA could then tally up a
> "category score" as well as a basic spam score, and the subject tag could
> be selected using the category that
> >> One thing that bears mentioning: "SPAM," all-caps, is a trademark of
> >> Hormel. UCE (unsolicited commercial email) or UBE (unsolicited bulk
> >> email) should properly be referred to as "spam," lower-case. More
> >> information is available here: http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm
> > The
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