[anti-abuse-wg] update on netsecdb project

--On 6 April 2010 21:57:00 +0200 Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 07:26:20PM +0200, furio ercolessi wrote:
>> > Sure, once we agree on a definition for spam, that COULD work fine.
>>
>> Is there a disagreement on this point ? I thought it was
>> "unsolicited+bulk"  (as in http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html )
>> and that this definition was quite universally accepted in the industry.
>
> JFTR, I don't think it has to be "bulk" to be SPAM.  OTOH, I see the
> "C" in "UCE" as relevant... if someone sends a commercial sales mail
> to my private e-mail, and it's just a single and directly targeted
> e-mail, it's *still* SPAM.

In the UK, the term "marketing" is used in place of commercial. It's wider 
than commercial. You could be marketing a political party, charity, or 
church.

>
> So, you see, there is no universal definition.
>
> Gert Doering
>         -- NetMaster



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