These definitions have failed to stop or even impede spam and any intelligent individual knows that to stop anything, you must first identify it and spam is no different. In this case these definitions are insufficient and so we would offer another.
These four definitions suit the needs of those defining the problem and are all so vague they are unusable. To find a solution to any problem the problem must first be identified. For this we must consider the needs of the recipient and forget the needs of the sender because the sender is the problem.
The standard definitions include the term "Unsolicited" in them and one requires spam to be sent in bulk and the other requires it to be of a commercial nature. These both fail to adequately protect the recipient because both definitions are provided by the Internet Service Provider and designed for the Service Provider's protection and not the recipient's protection. Further, the definitions UCE and UBE are at odds with each other.
Unsolicited Email Solicitations [UES] covers both bulk and commercial and "protected" solicitations. An individual or company's right to solicit you ends at your door; your modem is inside your home as is your telephone. This includes solicitations for God, politicians, services and/or products. While this is not a solution to spam this defines what spam is so a solution can then be found. Some may say this is too broad of a definition but it has to be all inclusive or it means nothing.
How do you prove the spam was sent in bulk? Does the definition of "commercial" violate the politician's God given right to send you spam? We don't differentiate between political solicitations and the solicitations of grandma selling here cookies.
spam is spam.
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