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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Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
