Jon Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> i just don't understand why people want to use a spam-blocking
> program to enable them to read spam.

I agree with you. I literally never use tmda-pending myself except for
when working on it. TMDA is supposed to be a time-saver, and you
aren't gaining anything if you spend time browsing your pending queue
all the time. 

However, for new TMDA users this is useful to get their mail flow
under control (i.e, mailing lists accounted for, commercial mailings
either whitelisted or diverted to an extension address, etc.). 

Once the user gets through this initial transition period, he should
no longer have to spend much time looking at pending. If he does, this
indicates a configuration problem.

This problem is exacerbated by an irrational fear of "losing"
messages.

With a properly configured TMDA installation, the only possible
messages that could be "lost" in the pending queue are messages from
unknown senders, AND which wrote to out of the blue, or replied to
something you wrote after your dated address expired, AND refused to
confirm their message. Uhm, that's like, a very, very small percentage
of messages, and quite an acceptable risk for me if it means I can
literally never look at a piece of spam, and save hours of my valuable
time each week.

Bottom line. Make it as easy as possible for people to reach you, but
don't lose sleep over possible "lost" messages. If the matter is
important enough, the sender will find a way to contact you. This
applies to any communication medium.
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