Re: [Asrg] Adding a spam button to MUAs

Ian Eiloart <iane@sussex.ac.uk> Sun, 20 December 2009 12:09 UTC

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--On 17 December 2009 13:55:09 -0500 Paul Russell <prussell@nd.edu> wrote:

> On 12/17/2009 13:04, Ian Eiloart wrote:
>> Anyway, the worst case scenario is that users hit one of the two buttons
>> at  random. In that situation, you simply treat the buttons as
>> equivalent, and  take the same action for each.
>>
>
> If you're going to do that, why do you need two buttons?

I'm not going to do that - it's a worst case scenario. I don't believe it's 
necessary with my users. However, some people have such low opinion of 
their users that they might well wish to do that.

The point is that if your users have a mail client with two buttons, it's 
capable of making a distinction that will be useful to some admins. Other 
admins my chose not to make use of the distinction, but if you extinguish 
the information before it reaches the admin, then it's impossible to 
reconstruct it.



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