On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 09:53:31AM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > > > Ah, now we're getting into the definition of "spam." If I send an > > > unsolicted message to a dozen carefully selected people, am I spamming? > > > > That's not the issue. > > Why not?
In my opinion, sending it to one, a dozen, or millions doesn't change whether or not it is spam (although it's much more likely to be spam if sent to lots of people.) > > > What if I only sent it to the 10 glad people but one of them resent it > > > to you? What if one of the 10 glad people quit his job (or got fired) > > > and set up a .forward file that redirects everything to you? > > > > Then it's still spam. > > But does that make me (the sender) a spammer? You the original sender, or you the forwarder? Regardless, the original sender is still a spammer. The forwarder, depends on why they forwarded you the message. If it's because they're on vacation and you're supposed to handle their mail while they're gone -- not a spammer. If it's because they want to spread the message to everyone they can? Then they're a spammer too. > It's far too common to equate "sender sent a message I consider junkmail" > with "sender should therefore be prevented from sending mail to anyone I > can manage to stop him from sending mail to." Depending on the situation, that may or may not be a correct choice. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first." - Arno Schaefer's .sig ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Oh, it's good to be a geek. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
