What are we designing here? A new BBS system? Sounds much like it!
Anyway......... very good.
Since we are designing a new BBS-like mail system, I see a few more.
Accessibility, Integration
o Users want to roam (re-pickup mail from different client/machines) i.e.,
web vs pop3. Web control means server control of mail pointers, pop3 means
user control of mail pointers.
o User want off-line mail access capabilities. Automatic downloads/uploads
of mail, i.e., QWK, OPX, BW.
Accessibility, Integration, Security, Privacy
o Users want to do NON-SOCKET access, dialup directly. Note: Some Federal
security mandates may require it.
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Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc.
http://www.santronics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Moore" <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu>
To: <mail-ng(_at_)imc(_dot_)org>
Cc: "Keith Moore" <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:29 PM
Subject: list of user-visible goals
I've attempted to collect a list of user-visible goals that people have
sent in and to loosely organize them. I've probably missed a few by
accident. I deliberately left out a couple of goals that I couldn't
see how to express from a user's point-of-view.
Anyway, take a look, and feel free to fill in any gaps you see.
-Keith
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~moore/opinions/user-visible-email-ng-goals.html