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Discussion of the logo contest

(See LogoContest or LogoContestEntries)

Further discussion went on both on Bugzilla and the mailinglist (the thread got broken up into 1 2 3 4 parts by sucky MUAs). In the end we decided for ChristianRauh's version, further information is available in bug 3803.

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1.0.2 - I think this combines a lot of good qualities:BR

• It's "professional"-looking enough that a sysadmin for a large company could use itBR

• It's not too "scary"-looking (some of the sniper images are a little chilling)BR

• Ba Blakely has posted mixed-case versions on http://www.bablakely.com/SALogos/ BR

I vote for the mixed-case version at the URL on the previous line (not the "SA" logo, though - the two-letter acronym "SA" is too overloaded.)BR

– MatthewVanEerde

1.0.3 - Mark Allen c/o Richard Humphrey, second image (target mark) – It's simple, neutral (most likely not offensive to anyone) and an international symbol (the target mark that is). – DanielKnippers

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1.0.24 - I like it! The only thing I'd change is the orange e-mails... the colour seems to clash with everything else. – HenryStern

Wiki Markup1.0.24 - This is also my favorite. My only concern is that in the extreme zoom version (120x60), the waving head band looks to me too much like a portion of a jester's hat (see \[http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mzstudio.com/wallpaper/jester-lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mzstudio.com/wallpaper3.html&h=768&w=1024&sz=289&tbnid=0TkS7xuoZq0J:&tbnh=112&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djester%26start%3D60%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dgooglet%26sa%3DN&frame=small here\]). In the other pictures, it looks fine. If you could just change the shape slightly, I believe you could avoid that very un-ninja-like connotation. -- [DanKohn] – DanKohn

1.0.31 - The e-mail ninja is a very neat idea. I really don't like the fonts, though. See where you can go with it! – HenryStern

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1.0.37 & 1.0.38 - Both of these designs (apache arrow through mails, and spam in a pan) are both quite compelling, and delightful departures of the styles. – MichaelDouma

1.0.37 – *VERY* nice. I really like the subtle Apache feather inclusion. I would love to see some examples of this in button form. – RodBegbie

1.0.39 - Like it, but FYI http://www.fatscripts.com has the very very same logo! – ChristianBecker

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One potential way of illustrating the concept of selective filtering would be showing a ninja/assassin (or perhaps just his/her sword) cutting a certain mail in half while letting another one safely by. Of course, this somehow needs to look like a decision by the ninja/assassin/sword to kill some while letting some pass, and not just that they're overwhelmed with enemies, or else we would be sending the wrong message on the server resources SA requires. Perhaps the assassin could motion for one piece mail to pass while skewering the other one. Just a thought from a graphically-unskilled fan of the software. - DanKohn

Wiki Markup\[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general/51958 This\] posting to the mailing list contained some interesting background infos on the words "assassin", "ninja", etc. Unfortunately can't I post it here as the japanese characters aren't preserved. (MalteStretz)

I'm personally not too keen on the violent imagery in a lot of the logos (such as the crosshairs). Considering the militant nature of a lot of anti-spam crusaders, I think that a logo with violent imagery would reflect poorly on our project and may cause people to associate us with the more militant folks. I'd like to see some more fun entries, like the old rubber ninja logo. (HenryStern)

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Expanding on Dan Kohn's comments, in addition to keeping a light "assassin/ninja" theme, a successful logo should immediately convey the concept of "filtering email." I do not know what would work well, but a few graphical concepts come to mind, shown below: -MichaelDoumaattachment:md-concepts.png

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Voting Procedure

Is it appropriate for attendees to influence/lobby the jury in the voting stage?

IMHO, that should not be allowed. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.devel/28681 – ChristianHansen

I think Michael's comments have been helpful and I have no problem with it. However, if someone really wants to influence me, I recommend bribery. – DanielQuinlan