I suppose someone will come up with an alternative to spam but then how will that influence the previous non-spam/ham(<<< sorry, had to say it) discussion ;o)
Regards, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Tony Earnshaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 June 2003 02:33 To: Daniel Quinlan Cc: Greg A; Mike Batchelor; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Spammers sneaking lower Bayes scores Daniel Quinlan wrote: >>Ham=good wanted email >>Spam=bad unwanted email > > Those are not the generally accepted definitions and definitely not the > ones used by us. > > spam = unsolicited bulk/commercial email > ham = everything else You are the language expert amongst the developers. It is best to be politically correct nowadays. Complaints have been made by the Jewish, kosher (not yet by the Muslim, halal) community who would rather not see such words in common use. I use the terms "spam" and "non-spam," myself, as far as SA goes. Though atheist, I would rather not use the term "ham," since I see no reason to. There is a perfectly viable alternative (non-spam.) When I buy ??? from my local butcher, I simply point at it and do the rest in sign language, in order not to offend any possible customers within earshot. Could we have an alternative to "spam?" Best, Tony -- Tony Earnshaw Humor him, and he'll go away again http://j-walk.com/blog/docs/conference.htm http://www.billy.demon.nl Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
