>>> "Rob McEwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/09/05 01:36PM: > Of course I don't propose any sort of rules changes. Generally, > someone's > bad behavior will speak for itself in that the more egregious their > spamming, the more URI & RBL blacklists they will appear on. Also, use > of > spammer's obfuscation techniques or sending mail from a spam gang's > server > also speaks for itself. > > But I do hate the idea of someone sending out < 10 unsolicited but > hand-typed e-mails being treated the same as a spammer sending out > 10,000 > unsolicited and impersonal e-mails per day... but somehow I think that > this > is already taken care of in spite of what some of the more aggressive > mail > administrators have said today.
I don't think you understand the situation. How is the recipient supposed to know whether it is actually a hand crafted email sent just to him or a spam run of 10,000? Because there is no way for the recipient to know, we do treat them the same. If the recipient believes it is spam by his definition, then it goes into the spam folder. Then it is sent to the Bayes system and SpamCop. The only difference you might see would be the number of complaints SpamCop would receive and whether it hit any spam trap addresses. But both types are treated exactly the same and reported exactly the same by the recipient. There is no way you can prove in your message that it is not a spam run of 10,000. * This e-mail, including attachments, may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, non-public, confidential, trademarked, copyrighted or exempt from disclosure and is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipients(s). If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail, including attachments, and do not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication, by e-mail or otherwise. The unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is prohibited and may be unlawful. We reserve the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address.
