In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 16:46:09 on
Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Jethro R Binks <[log in to unmask]> writes
>> Whereas the spam filters I have mentioned tend to trap emails where the
>> "from" and "to" are the same person (because people sending mainly bcc's
>> mails still have to but *something* in the "to", and usually put
>> themselves).
>
>What can I say? It's a 'spam' filter that traps as spam an email message
>that is perfectly well-formed, and constructed according to best practice.
That's where you and the designers clearly differ. They don't regard an
email message that's "to" the same person as the sender, and also not
"to or cc" the recipient, as well-formed. Especially if, in practice,
this lack of well-formedness is highly correlated with spam.
--
Roland Perry
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