Spamassassin is a perl regex parser for e-mails. Nothing more. Most of our filtering happens way before SA enters the stage. When SA gets the chance, our custom SA rules serve as proactive forensic evidence of a spammer's new trick. We do not give shit if SA is funded by advertisers. SA's own rules are useless, so much that we no longer waste bandwidth to download them. You could stop distributing your rules, and we would not even notice. So t hat's who we are and what you do.
Store X is not a mass mailer if it has your consent for the occasional or periodic advert on products that you have an interest on. Store X is also wise enough to send their own mail from their own well configured server. Mass mailers hit you without your consent, and they do their very best to hide their tracks. Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@pccc.com> wrote: On 3/8/2017 9:23 AM, Ruga wrote: > This is spamassassin... > We are against mass mailers. No, we're not and you don't speak for the project. Please do not do so. In fact, I don't speak for the project but as a long-time project contributor and chair emeritus, I have ALWAYS used the definition that spam is about conSent not conTent. I believe it was Chris Santerre that gave that concept years ago and I've extrapolated on it over the years especially for clarity on mass mailers and capitalism. The key point is if you consented to receive it, it is not spam. I don't care if the content is the spammiest looking content in existence today, that's a FP if it is blocked. Legit mass marketers sending clear emails that have been conSented to receive those messages are welcome and should be supported to the demise of the illegitimate players. Going further, as a capitalist, I have always extended concepts of conSent to include: - Requiring clear opt-in/opt-out checkboxes - Requiring simply and quick unsubscribe mechanisms - Implied consent for transactional information. I.e. I buy something from Macy's, Macy's can email me the 1-time receipt. Follow-up surveys, coupons, etc. would require clear conSent noting that while I do not like it, consent boxes that are checked ON by default are not a reason to block. My $0.02, KAM
