> On 29 Jan 2024, at 18:02, Todd Herr via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 12:24 PM Scott Mutter via mailop <mailop@mailop.org 
> <mailto:mailop@mailop.org>> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 10:01 AM Todd Herr via mailop <mailop@mailop.org 
>> <mailto:mailop@mailop.org>> wrote:
>>> Users can only click "This is spam" on messages that end up in their inbox. 
>>> If all of your traffic went to the spam folder, perhaps because it was 
>>> unfortunately remarkably similar to previous traffic that was deemed spam, 
>>> you won't get any complaints through an FBL, because the "This is spam" 
>>> button isn't available when viewing the Spam folder.
>>> 
>> There have been topics on this list as to what actually qualifies an FBL 
>> trigger.  Is it when a user flags the message as spam?  Or is it when the 
>> receiving server's MTA delivers the message into the recipient's spambox?  
>> As far as I know, there's never been a consensus on that.  Some providers 
>> may do it one way, other providers may do it another.
>> 
> 
> I am not familiar with any FBLs that are not complaint-driven, but I'll allow 
> that such things might exist, and if anyone's got pointers to them, please 
> share. All the ones I'm aware of are ones that basically follow the gameplan 
> laid out in RFC 6449.

I’ve been informed by one provider that they trigger an ARF report when they 
see mail move into the spam folder on an IMAP server. So if the built in MUA 
filters move the mail (say, Apple Mail or the spam filters built into outlook) 
then that will trigger a report. Other mailbox providers have specifically said 
they don’t monitor IMAP movement. 

> There are mailbox providers out there that provide insight into what 
> percentage of mail from a given source was classified as spam, such as 
> Microsoft's SNDS program and Google's Postmaster Tools, but I've never 
> understood those to be feedback loops, per se, as they didn't and don't tell 
> you which specific messages were judged to be spam by a recipient or other 
> entity.

It’s been a while since I’ve looked at SNDS, but I don’t believe they provide a 
complaint percentage. What I remember is they provide a % of mail going to 
spamtraps. Microsoft does provide an ARF feed for mail to their consumer 
domains. 

laura

-- 
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Laura Atkins
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