Re: [SpamAssassin Wiki] Updated: Spam

[Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>]

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Malte S. Stretz writes:
> On Friday 23 July 2004 01:36 CET spamassassin-cvs@incubator.apache.org 
> wrote:
> >    Date: 2004-07-22T16:36:57
> >    Editor: JustinMason <jm...@jmason.org>
> >    Wiki: SpamAssassin Wiki
> >    Page: Spam
> >    URL: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/Spam
> >
> >    correct: UBE, not UCE.  spam includes non-commercial mail too!
> >
> > Change Log:
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >----- @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> >  = What exactly do you mean when you talk about "Spam"? =
> >
> > -When used in the context of e-mail, Spam is another word for UCE.
> > -UCE stands for "Unsolicited Commercial E-mail".
> > +When used in the context of e-mail, Spam is another word for UBE.
> > +UBE stands for "Unsolicited Bulk E-mail".
> >
> >  The opposite of Spam is ["Ham"].
> 
> Really? I thought our argument that virii aren't spam was always that it's 
> all about the Commercial, not the Bulk :)

no, definitely not.  We need to be able to catch spam that's noncommercial
tool.  Also, sometimes I might want to receive a commercial email that
I didn't ask for -- such as a one-to-one job offer for example ;)
The "UCE" terminology just doesn't work.

Also see the GTU*B*E ;)

- --j.
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