On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:04:28 -0700, "Jason R. Mastaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You might say, "make this feature optional then if you don't like > it". No, because as this thread demonstrates, users are not always > aware of the potential consequences of something like this. IMO, it > offers marginal (if any) benefit, and will only serve to incite > further animosity towards TMDA. I'm not going to advocate this idea, but I do see one potential benefit to the suggestion that I feel compelled to mention... There's a lot of brain-dead users, novices, newbies, grandparents, and the like out there that just don't read. I wish it weren't the case, but it is. A ton of people who get an e-mail reply immediately after they send a letter just figure it is a bounce message. They shrug, delete it, and go on with their life. Or so it seems. This sort of thing would really piss me off, but I do take a little secret joy in knowing that TMDA accidentally shields me from having to read mail from anyone this stupid. *IF* we made it so that TMDA could send out reminders, these people *MIGHT* actually perk up out of their walking comas and realize that some interaction from them is required before the message they sent could be received... Please note that I do not have any statistical information on how many "real" people fail to authenticate. I have had at least two people send me ICQ messages about the "bounce" message they received when sending me e-mail. Gre7g. _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
