Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-10-03 Thread NetVicious
martes, 28 sep 2010 at 02:49, it seems you wrote: > if you can't see the difference, I'm not sure I could explain it. Yes, I can see the difference. If you look at the last lines of my email I want this options to be added to The Bat! directly. I was only saying we could do it with macros an

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Rick
> Hello Jernej, > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:10:19 +0200 GMT (01/Oct/10, 1:10 AM +0700 GMT), > Jernej Simončič wrote: >>> It shouldn't be in the settings but a prompt when the connection is >>> made. Simply prompt if one wants to accept the certificate or not. >>> If you want a setting, just make one

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jernej, On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:10:19 +0200 GMT (01/Oct/10, 1:10 AM +0700 GMT), Jernej Simončič wrote: >> It shouldn't be in the settings but a prompt when the connection is >> made. Simply prompt if one wants to accept the certificate or not. >> If you want a setting, just make one where yo

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thursday, September 30, 2010, 15:34:25, Adrian wrote: > It shouldn't be in the settings but a prompt when the connection is > made. Simply prompt if one wants to accept the certificate or not. > If you want a setting, just make one where you can choose the default > action (only prompt/reject,

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Maxim, On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:09:36 +0300 GMT (29/Sep/10, 22:09 PM +0700 GMT), Maxim Masiutin wrote: MM> You can use stunnel (www.stunnel.org) to send your message. Of course I won't do suich a thing. I want an email client with which I can send messages without having to install second

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Jens Franik
Am 30.09.2010 15:12, schrieb Maxim Masiutin: By default, the user is not allowed to run files with exe, > pif, etc. extensions. But he has the right to modify that list in the > Settings. Do you recommend a somewhat deeply buried option in the settings to allow bad certificates? Make an

Re[2]: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Paul Van Noord
9/30/2010 10:48 AM Hi Dierk, On 9/30/2010 Dierk Haasis wrote: >> Yes. Does not have to be deeply buried, should be in the Settings >> somewhere. DH> Don't make it such a permanent setting. It makes a lot more sense to DH> have it as an option on the warning dialogue with a checkmark and OK DH>

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Julian Beach (Lists)
On Thursday, September 30, 2010, 2:31:13 PM, Vili wrote: > If the certificate is bad, and the use of bad certificates > are disabled, with a warning window point him where he can change > that. Of course, by default, should not allow bad certificates. Also, > even if the user enable the use of bad

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Vili
By default, the user is not allowed to run files with exe, pif, etc. extensions. But he has the right to modify that list in the Settings. >>> Do you recommend a somewhat deeply buried option in the settings to >>> allow bad certificates? >> Yes. Does not have to be deeply buried

Re[2]: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Paul Van Noord
9/30/2010 9:47 AM Hi Vili, On 9/30/2010 Vili wrote: V> Yes. Does not have to be deeply buried, should be in the Settings V> somewhere. If the certificate is bad, and the use of bad certificates V> are disabled, with a warning window point him where he can change V> that. Of course, by default,

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Adrian
It shouldn't be in the settings but a prompt when the connection is made. Simply prompt if one wants to accept the certificate or not. If you want a setting, just make one where you can choose the default action (only prompt/reject, not "accept" so people don't auto-accept all invalid certs). >>>

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Vili! On Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 3:31:13 PM you wrote: > Yes. Does not have to be deeply buried, should be in the Settings > somewhere. Don't make it such a permanent setting. It makes a lot more sense to have it as an option on the warning dialogue with a checkmark and OK button.

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Vili
>>  By default, the user is not allowed to run files with exe, >> pif, etc. extensions. But he has the right to modify that list in the >> Settings. > Do  you  recommend  a somewhat deeply buried option in the settings to > allow bad certificates? Yes. Does not have to be deeply buried, should be

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-30 Thread Maxim Masiutin
Hello Vili, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 7:40:28 PM, you wrote: > By default, the user is not allowed to run files with exe, > pif, etc. extensions. But he has the right to modify that list in the > Settings. Do you recommend a somewhat deeply buried option in the settings to allow bad cert

Re[2]: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-29 Thread Paul Van Noord
9/29/2010 6:13 PM Hi Vili, On 9/29/2010 Vili wrote: >> probably compromised) SSL servers. That's why our core users value us: >> the  system  administrators  put The Bat! to their users and can sleep >> well. The users won't send a message to a compromised servers. This is >> the unique trait o

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-29 Thread Vili
> probably compromised) SSL servers. That's why our core users value us: > the  system  administrators  put The Bat! to their users and can sleep > well. The users won't send a message to a compromised servers. This is > the unique trait of The Bat! and we don't want to loose this niche. Before an

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-29 Thread Maxim Masiutin
Hello Alto, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 6:32:58 PM, you wrote: > What you describe should be achieved using a management tool like > Windows Group Policy. Thank you very much for the idea, we will consider implementing it. -- Best regards, Maximmailto:m...@ritlab

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-29 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Monday, September 27, 2010, 18:17:05, Vilius Šumskas wrote: > Bad cert is not The Bat!'s fault. And providing an option to bypass > that, is a security risk as explained numerious times on this list. Yes, because you can always trust those signed certificates. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><>

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-29 Thread Alto Speckhardt
Hi Maxim, > That's why our core users value us: the system administrators put > The Bat! to their users and can sleep well. The users won't send a > message to a compromised servers. This is the unique trait of The > Bat! and we don't want to loose this niche. What you describe should be achieve

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-29 Thread Maxim Masiutin
Hello Thomas, You can use stunnel (www.stunnel.org) to send your message. Stunnel ingores the errors, while you send to stunnel via regular connection. A sophisticated user will send via stunnel without a problem. For the user who is unaware about these matters and is unable to configure

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-28 Thread Vili
>> Yeah, I don't want an email client that looks out for me, I want an >> email client that I can control. > And to get back on topic, i would like my Mailclient to offer me the > choose (to be intelligent) to accept a security risk for xyz days, > months. Even if the Certificate is outdated. > I

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-28 Thread Jens Franik
Am 28.09.2010 04:06, schrieb Thomas Fernandez: Yeah, I don't want an email client that looks out for me, I want an email client that I can control. And to get back on topic, i would like my Mailclient to offer me the choose (to be intelligent) to accept a security risk for xyz days, months.

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-28 Thread Jens Franik
Am 27.09.2010 17:59, schrieb Marek Mikus: This will not help you actually, but i recognized, that they have been > working on this, because Bugtracker Entry gave me Feedback about Status > Change... nobody is working on this, report was closed prior to writing some comment, i shut up

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Vili, On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:50:28 -0400 GMT (28/Sep/10, 0:50 AM +0700 GMT), Vili wrote: >> VŠ> Bad  cert  is  not The Bat!'s fault. And providing an option to bypass >> VŠ> that, is a security risk as explained numerious times on this list. >> Right. So I'll lose the customer because TB!

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Dwight, On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:07:11 -0500 GMT (28/Sep/10, 3:07 AM +0700 GMT), Dwight Corrin wrote: >> I totally agree with Thomas. TB is not user friendly when reporting >> errors, warnings. The error should be put into the face of the user, >> suggest him a solution and allow him to bypas

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Rick
> lunes, 27 sep 2010 at 22:07, it seems you wrote: >> I see >> this issue as very similar to the refusal to enable inserting notes or >> other useful information into the body of messages in your data base, >> or doing things like removing '[SPAM]' from headers for some imagined >> reason of moral

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Dwight Corrin
On Monday, September 27, 2010, 7:04:13 PM, NetVicious wrote: > What's the problem with It. I can export the mail and modify it and > later import it to The Bat!. I have the same result. What's the > diference if you can't see the difference, I'm not sure I could explain it. -- Dw

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread NetVicious
lunes, 27 sep 2010 at 22:07, it seems you wrote: > I see > this issue as very similar to the refusal to enable inserting notes or > other useful information into the body of messages in your data base, > or doing things like removing '[SPAM]' from headers for some imagined > reason of morality. W

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Dwight Corrin
On Monday, September 27, 2010, 3:25:31 PM, Rick wrote: >> You have to remember that theBAT is always looking out for us. I see >> this issue as very similar to the refusal to enable inserting notes or >> other useful information into the body of messages in your data base, >> or doing things like

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Alto Speckhardt
Guten Morgen, TF> "The Bat! gives the explanation in the account log, but we won't make TF> an option to bypass this error." TF> I am actually quite taken aback by this unexpected reply. I have TF> absolutely no understanding for this policy which will certainly hurt TF> my company. Actually,

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Rick
> You have to remember that theBAT is always looking out for us. I see > this issue as very similar to the refusal to enable inserting notes or > other useful information into the body of messages in your data base, > or doing things like removing '[SPAM]' from headers for some imagined > reason of

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Dwight Corrin
On Monday, September 27, 2010, 12:50:28 PM, Vili wrote: > I totally agree with Thomas. TB is not user friendly when reporting > errors, warnings. The error should be put into the face of the user, > suggest him a solution and allow him to bypass this kind of > certificate security issues if he wi

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Vili
> VŠ> Bad  cert  is  not The Bat!'s fault. And providing an option to bypass > VŠ> that, is a security risk as explained numerious times on this list. > Right. So I'll lose the customer because TB! doesn't allow me to > override the security issue. > You must be quite unaware of business reality to

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Vilius, On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:17:05 +0300 GMT (27/Sep/10, 23:17 PM +0700 GMT), Vilius Šumskas wrote: >> I am actually quite taken aback by this unexpected reply. I have >> absolutely no understanding for this policy which will certainly hurt >> my company. If I cannot send a mail to my cus

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Vilius! On Monday, September 27, 2010 at 6:17:05 PM you wrote: > You can always choose a company with does provide services as they are > supposed to be served. Yeah, especially when your reliable service just once hiccups for a few days ... > Bad cert is not The Bat!'s fault. And prov

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Vilius Šumskas
Sveiki, Monday, September 27, 2010, 6:10:47 PM, you wrote: > Hello Tbbeta, > When trying to send mail to a server with an expired Cert Mail send > fails with no explanation: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=6856 > Quote: > "The Bat! gives the explanation in the account log, but we won't

Re[2]: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Marek Mikus
Hello all, Monday, September 27, 2010, Jens Franik wrote: > This will not help you actually, but i recognized, that they have been > working on this, because Bugtracker Entry gave me Feedback about Status > Change... nobody is working on this, report was closed -- Bye Marek Mikus Czech

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Jens Franik
Am 27.09.2010 17:10, schrieb Thomas Fernandez: When trying to send mail to a server with an expired Cert Mail send fails with no explanation:https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=6856 This will not help you actually, but i recognized, that they have been working on this, because Bugtracker E

Re: User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Rick
> "The Bat! gives the explanation in the account log, but we won't make > an option to bypass this error." > No way to send an email with TB! if the sysad at the other end is a > dimwit. Good night then. > I am actually quite taken aback by this unexpected reply. I have > absolutely no understand

User-unfriendliness

2010-09-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Tbbeta, When trying to send mail to a server with an expired Cert Mail send fails with no explanation: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=6856 Quote: "The Bat! gives the explanation in the account log, but we won't make an option to bypass this error." No way to send an email with TB!