Re: [ietf-822] A "Reaction" strawman to throw into the mix

[Alessandro Vesely <[e-mail]>]

On Mon 02/Nov/2020 22:19:14 +0100 Pete Resnick wrote:
>> Adding the ability to have a reply message include content tagged as a 
>> reaction adds to the semantics of email exchange.
> 
> When I think of reactions, I think of providing a UI to add a "Like" button or 
> similar. That seems separate to me from replies, and in some cases replaces it. 
> Having the the user readable part allows you to do a reply should you desire, 
> but I suspect the primary kind of implementation for this kind of feature is a 
> one-hit button for indicating a reaction to a message, similar to the sort that 
> I've seen for implementing "I read this." Both MDNs and a reaction strike me as 
> "add this adornment to the sender's message" rather than "send this message as 
> a reply to the sender's message". MDNs seems semantically closer to the 
> purpose, and the implementation of adding a reaction, both on the sender's side 
> and the receiver's side, seems closer to MDNs.


+1, this seems similar to the return receipt behavior.  My MUA is configured to 
always ask whether to acknowledge or ignore a Disposition-Notification-To: 
request.  It is a kind of reaction indeed.


Best
Ale
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