Re: [Asrg] who has the message (was Re: Consensus Call - submission via posting (was Re: Iteration #3))

"Andrew Richards" <ar-asrg@acrconsulting.co.uk> Tue, 09 February 2010 15:07 UTC

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On Tuesday 09 February 2010 14:58:47 Ian Eiloart wrote:
> --On 9 February 2010 13:31:12 +0000 Andrew Richards
> 
> <ar-asrg@acrconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> > (we'd need a helpful volunteer already implementing TiS -
> > probably in webmail - to generate data on how long it takes 'normal'
> > users  to report TiS from initial message retrieval).
> 
> My guess is that won't help. There's not really a "message retrieval"
>  stage in webmail. The client never downloads anything.

A better way of expressing myself would be "...how long it takes 'normal' 
users to report TiS for a message from its first presentation to the user" 
which would cover the user deleting messages purely based on the message 
preview you mention below.
 
> With IMAP, there's also not really a message retrieval stage. With POP,
> there is, but with either, the most efficient thing is to NOT retrieve
>  spam messages. Often they can be deleted on the basis of a preview of
>  headers and part of the body.
> 
> If you're applying a flag or annotation to the message, you still don't
> retrieve it. And, in POP you generally can't act on deleted messages. In
> IMAP you generally can't act on expunged messages, so I don't see that
>  with either protocol there's necessarily a problem that you might be
>  reporting a message that isn't on the server any more. That only occurs
>  if you've done a blind retrieval of all your messages in POP.

cheers,

Andrew.