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- From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT)
- Subject: Re: What features would _you_ like in a mailer?
- Message-ID: <BxD1z5.2Iq@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 19:25:52 GMT
- References: <pauln.720877298@nuustak> <4071@sapwdf.UUCP>
- Organization: Contributor Account at ddsw1, Chicago, Illinois 60657
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- Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de> wrote in <4071@sapwdf.UUCP>:
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- | o reply requested, where you can't delete the message until you've
- | replied to it;
-
- Let's modify that: a letter with the reply-requested attribute should be
- undeletable until you've either answered it or actively refused to answer it.
-
- Maybe I should expand: responding to the letter would clear the attribute,
- but you shouldn't HAVE to do that to delete the letter; you should be
- prevented from unintentionally deleting it by having some positive action
- required. If you try to delete it without answering it, the mailer could
- say "The sender requested a reply to this letter and you haven't sent one.
- Delete anyway? n" with "no" as the default reply. It shouldn't sit in your
- mailbox forever if you don't want to answer it.
-
- Otherwise the net will be flooded with "You demand a reply? Here's your
- blankety-blank reply: you send me one more blankety reply-requested message
- and I'll make your postmaster sorrier than hell that you were ever allowed
- access to mail, you blankety-blank!"
-
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