Re: [Asrg] Adding a spam button to MUAs

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Fri, 05 February 2010 11:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] Adding a spam button to MUAs
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On 05/Feb/10 11:44, Ian Eiloart wrote:
> Given that a "This is spam" button should only be reporting to the
> mailstore administrator, it's completely over the top to insert the
> address into every message. The address is a property of the mailstore,
> not the message.

The mailstore where a message resides is not exactly the same thing as 
the MTA responsible for receiving a message, although most of the 
times they coincide.

In addition, there is the sidestepped issue of sending reports where 
the relevant administrative actions can be made. Most of the times 
this is not the mailstore administrator.