E. Falk wrote: > The problem with a ruleset is that hoaxes are *NOT* UCE. They are not > commercial, arguably not even unsolicited. These are messages from > people known to the recipient.
I'm not trying to argue this point, as I don't see blocking these either, I have taken many calls in the past about what do I do now that I deleted the teddy bear and I always told them to ask their *friend* who sent them the letter. The point of this message is that not everyone considers spam to be UCE, some also consider UBE to be spam. UBE as in unsolicited bulk e-mail. These hoaxes might almost fall into this category. They are unsolicited according to definition: "Not looked for or requested", heck you can even argue that my reply to you is unsolicited. Bulk, yes they are bulk, especially when they encourage people to send them to everyone they know! E-mail, well I guess you can consider it e-mail. Whole point is that, everyone has their own definition of what spam is, (except for hormel).
