Absolutely. Trying to tell the user is the right thing to do.
On 5/26/2010 9:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > There should be attempts to get the user's attention though. If the user's > attention is finally acquired, it can turn a useless machine into a useful > machine. > > I agree that there needs to be a completely automatic means for the project > to protect itself from rogue computers. > > jm7 > > > > "Lynn W. Taylor" > <[email protected]> > Sent by: To > <boinc_dev-bounce [email protected] > [email protected] cc > u> > Subject > Re: [boinc_dev] host punishment > 05/27/2010 12:14 mechanism revisited > AM > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how many addresses for a given project are still valid > and actually read? > > Even if E-Mail notification was on by default, it doesn't mean the > address is read. > > It's the same problem with messages in BOINCMGR. We can't guarantee > that anyone is watching. > > That's why, ultimately, the method of dealing with "broken" machines has > to be completely automatic. > > On 5/26/2010 3:29 PM, Maureen Vilar wrote: >> An apparently unrelated matter affects some of the owners of the > computers >> known to have a problem. This is in cases where another person has > noticed >> the problem. It's almost impossible to send a private message to these >> owners because email notification of PMs is disabled by default. I know > all >> the reasons why this decision was taken but it's a pity that we have the >> perfect means of getting some of the problems fixed but are unable to use >> it. >> >> Even if this were ever changed there would still of course need to be an >> automatic way of dealing with problem computers. >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
