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Subject: |
Re: Topica-Dot-Com Open For Business |
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From: |
Rich Kulawiec <rsk @
gsp .
org> |
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Date: |
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:47:43 -0500 |
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To: |
Michelle Dick <artemis @
rahul .
net>, list-managers @
GreatCircle .
COM |
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<199902271058.AA19793@waltz.rahul.net>; from Michelle Dick on Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 02:58:25AM -0800 |
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<v04103d1ab2fd066c0ad4@plaidworks.com> <199902271058.AA19793@waltz.rahul.net> |
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 02:58:25AM -0800, Michelle Dick wrote:
> Chuq wrote:
> >
> > It ain't spam just because one person doesn't like it and calls it
> > such.
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> quite true. What is spam? UCE, yes?
The correct definition of spam is UBE (unsolicited bulk email).
(The reason for the B instead of the C is that it removes the
type of content from the discussion. This is both deliberate
and necessary, because the definition of spam has to be context-free.)
For example, if I were to go grab the list of mailing lists from
PAML and send every list-manager a bit of mail saying "Hey, I'm
a really nice guy, I'm going to advertise your mailing list",
that piece of mail clearly meets the U, B, and E criteria and
is thus undeniably and unambiguously spam.
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
rsk@gsp.org
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