can you point me to where this was discussed, please? thanks, alvin
On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 14:24, Dain Sundstrom wrote: > This was discussed when the list was originally started and almost > everyone disliked the idea. I strongly suggest you either get a better > email client such as Mozilla Firebird or just get an account a yahoo to > collect the mail from this list. > > -dain > > On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Alvin Thompson wrote: > > > the 'TO' field is the recipient, of course. the "CC" field is not used, > > the "FROM" field is the actual sender. the only thing in the emails > > that > > gives a clue to its origins is the "REPLY-TO" field. my (and many) > > email > > client doesn't filter on this. > > > > > > besides, it would be nice to look at the one-line summary info > > (subject, > > from, date) and instantly know it's not spam, without relying on > > anti-spam software. > > > > -alvin > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 14:04, Michael Campbell wrote: > >> alan wrote: > >> > >>> I think we shoud put some flag in the body or on the subject to > >> make it > >>> possible for the member to filter out spam mails > >> > >> Can't you filter on the To: or Cc: fields? I haven't seen a > >> reasonable email client yet that can't, but my experience is perhaps > >> limited. > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > >> http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > /************************* > * Dain Sundstrom > * Partner > * Core Developers Network > *************************/ >
