http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4047
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-12-13 01:54 ------- I'm not a UI or HCI expert and I don't think any of the other core developers are. Luckily we aren't building a system that is meant for end users, SpamAssassin is an engine designed to be installed by system administrators, or embedded in software packages, in network applicances, etc. That six line boilerplate just cries out for customization by the ISP. We even make it possible for the end-users to fully customize the report format if the ISP/vendor can provide the tools to make that simple for them. There are many ways to do that. For example, my ISP uses MySQL for storing per-user options, provides a web UI for users to set their preferences, and puts mail labeled as spam in an IMAP folder with a custom web interface for scanning through it and one-click moving of false positives to the regular inbox while adding the sender to the user's whitelist. With all the choices, it is up to the ISP or system administrator or package vendor or appliance vendor to customize SpamAssassin as best for their users' needs. So you are correct that the end product should be designed for the humans who will use it. Where we disagree is in the notion that the default report format we provide gets in the way of that, and that the format you propose will require less customization to be useful to the majority of end-users. This discussion probably doesn't need to go any further. Neither of us will convince the other about which format is better, and in the end it doesn't matter because anyone with the expertise to install SpamAssassin does have the expertise to impose their own view of what is the best default configuration for their own end users. If we provide that kind of flexibility, I can sleep at night knowing that I don't have to be completely right about the choice of default report format. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
