Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the MLM is going to go through the trouble to verify that a user > really wants to be subscribed, it should do *something* to make sure > that it's not going to interpret a very common problem as confirmation > that a user wants to be subscribed. > > Software should be reliable. If it's not reliable, you might as well > skip it. Better to have nothing and know what you have than to have > something unreliable and believe that you have something you don't.
Define "reliable", especially with regard to stupid "wanna-be-intelligent" software like autoresponders that are indifferent of what they reply to (also think of auto-replies to mailing lists, etc.). These indifferent autoresponders are the problem, not a straightforward subscription request confirmation mechanism of Courier MLM. Is it really Courier's responsibility to compensate for these autoresponders' debility and their users' ignorance? I think: no. Well, I guess this discussion is somewhat pointless as John Belmonte already provided a patch (thanks!). I'd just wish that this were included in the official Courier source code, so the behavior could be configured easily without having to build custom DEBs for Debian or RPMs for Red Had/SuSE. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
