[anti-abuse-wg] spam definition

Hi,

> A lot of what you would define as spam isn't spam at all in legal 
> terms.  The company I work for block this spam too (only the spam, not 
> the entire provider), but we would certainly not punish or file a lawsuit.

That is your opinion.
And we learned with this group that there is no general consensus
about how to define spam or abuse.

I think that everything IS spam, what somebody, who receives it, is bothered
with, because he did no want it, he feel offended, did not ask for it
or whatever personal reason.

Compare it to normal adverts in TV or magazine.
The person viewing or reading it, still can decide
not to consume TV or read magazines, switch the channel or read different
ones, where hes interested in the adverts, because
it belongs to work or interest and where they dont bother him.

With mail you cant do that.
You have a mail address and receive stuff you did not ask for,
that has nothing to do with business or interest.

E.g. I dont want to buy viagra, but still get bothered with it.
Im even offened with newsletters, where the sender thinks, that it
could have something to do with my work, but actually fails
with his estimation.
I feel abused of stuff like this.

And if I feel abused, I think its spam.
Spam cannot be defined in general terms, because its definition
depends from the recipients perpective.

And thats excatly what is the background idea of a spam report
delivery system.
Let the recipient decide, what he think hes abuse about.



Kind regards, Frank
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