At 3:18 PM -0500 3/23/03, Chris Lewis wrote:
Unfortunately we seem to be making up new reasons for bounces on a
daily basis.
- insufficient funds in stamp
- go to this url and prove you are human
- blocked by spam filter
We really don't need to get that complicated. Just punt to a URL
without trying to tell the client what it means.
If that's a URL that goes to something readable by a machine--then
perhaps. Otherwise you've given spammers a wonderful tool for
getting their message across. I think you'd be better off just
limiting the size of a plain-text message.
I also think there are serious problems with systems that require
that you be on the internet when you are reading your email. And
more-so with ones that require web access while you are reading your
email. People without always-on internet connections very frequently
read mail off-line. Ditto for anyone who reads mail on their laptop.
Additionally, I have worked with very large companies who do not
allow their users to have outside web access.
I just scanned RFC1894, and it seems to be fairly reasonable. We
could make recommendations on how a MUA should deal with such a
message. I know that some already do handle them specially.
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/ Junk-Free Email Filtering
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/ Writings on Technology and Society
I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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