Mail Classification

[Srilatha <sr...@intoto.com>]

Hi,

Some Anti Spam Engines classify mails as : Clean, Spam or Bulk

What is this Bulk classification ?

With SpamAssassin, i observed that only Spam or Clean classification 
are possible.
Does not it classify the mail as Bulk ?

Can anyone please clarify my doubts

regards,
Srilatha

Re: Mail Classification

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk>]

On 21.09.07 14:51, Srilatha wrote:
> For example, Commtouch AS engine classifies mails as Clean, Spam or Bulk.
> 
> Some times i get unsolicited mails with subject decorated with [B-BULK]
> 
> what is bulk classification ?

probbaly mass message which is not spam. search in Commtouch AS docs.

> Does SA too support this ?

No. SA only detects (more or less successfully) if the message is spam or
not.

I really wonder what was on Per Jessen's message hard to understand?

> >Srilatha wrote:
> >> Some Anti Spam Engines classify mails as : Clean, Spam or Bulk
> >> What is this Bulk classification ?

> At 12:22 PM 9/21/2007, Per Jessen wrote:
> >Difficult to guess without knowing which products you are referring to.
> >
> >> With SpamAssassin, i observed that only Spam or Clean classification
> >> are possible. Does not it classify the mail as Bulk ?
> >
> >No.

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Re: Mail Classification

[Srilatha <sr...@intoto.com>]

Hi,

For example, Commtouch AS engine classifies mails as Clean, Spam or Bulk.

Some times i get unsolicited mails with subject decorated with [B-BULK]

what is bulk classification ?
Does SA too support this ?

regards,
Srilatha

At 12:22 PM 9/21/2007, Per Jessen wrote:
>Srilatha wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some Anti Spam Engines classify mails as : Clean, Spam or Bulk
> > What is this Bulk classification ?
>
>Difficult to guess without knowing which products you are referring to.
>
> > With SpamAssassin, i observed that only Spam or Clean classification
> > are possible. Does not it classify the mail as Bulk ?
>
>No.
>
>
>/Per Jessen, Zürich



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Re: Mail Classification

[Per Jessen <pe...@computer.org>]

Srilatha wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Some Anti Spam Engines classify mails as : Clean, Spam or Bulk
> What is this Bulk classification ?

Difficult to guess without knowing which products you are referring to.

> With SpamAssassin, i observed that only Spam or Clean classification
> are possible. Does not it classify the mail as Bulk ?

No. 


/Per Jessen, Zürich

Re: Mail Classification

[Kelson <ke...@speed.net>]

Srilatha wrote:
> Some Anti Spam Engines classify mails as : Clean, Spam or Bulk
> 
> What is this Bulk classification ?

In theory, "bulk" could refer to anything that's sent out to large 
numbers of people, or automatically generated without human 
intervention.  That would include newsletters, mailing lists, alerts, 
auto-responses, and so on.  (Spam would also fit that definition, but 
since there's a separate spam category, it's probably safe to assume 
that it's bulk messages that aren't spam.)

Or "bulk" could simply mean that the software can identify the message 
as a mass-mailing, but can't decide whether it's solicited or not.

Or it could mean that it found a "Precedence: bulk" header in the message.

I can't say what it means in any specific program, but if I were to set 
up a clean/spam/bulk classification scheme, I'd probably define them 
this way:

Clean: not spam, person-to-person
Spam: spam
Bulk: not spam, large volume or automatically generated

In any case, SpamAssassin only makes a binary distinction: spam
or not spam.  Depending on the program you use to call it, you can take 
the detailed results (which rules fired, what the final score is, etc.) 
and make further classifications.

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