> > > It's quite clear that most of this list does not consider > > > all advertisement to be spam, particularly when attached to a valid > > > personal email by a third-party service. > > > > Cool. So we're all in agreement then. Except for Marc. > > So what brilliant metric do you have in mind to measure unsolicited vs. > solicited commercial email? >
Personally, I'd rather not see them differentiated. (and, I'm going to assume that "commercial" means "advertisement", and not things like tech support information, and transaction updates, and things like that) For one, the difference is entirely subjective and personal taste. For example, for me, there is no such thing as solicited commercial email. All commercial email is spam, IMO. I understand not everyone agrees with me, but that's my stance. If the mail is heading into my maildrop, and it's a commercial, it's spam. The only grey area for me is things like yahoo lists, where there is an advertizement inside an otherwise acceptable email message. I'd filter that out before SA gets it, if I could. But I don't think mailscanner provides me with an easy way to do that. I suppose I could switch to using SA directly in my .forward though. The other "problem" with filtering spam isn't so much a grey area, as it is an annoying detail. I get spammed by Amazon and Ebay all the time, but I also get legitimate messages from them (order and bid confirmations). So, I can't just blacklist the entire site ... but I don't want to whitelist them either. I just get tired of yet another "we think we've made a great book suggestion, check it out!" message. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
