On Jan 21, 2013 2:13 PM, "Michael M Slusarz" <slus...@horde.org> wrote: > > Quoting Luis Felipe Marzagao <lfbm.andamen...@gmail.com>: > >> I also think wrinting a msg and not seeing what will be the final text is really confusing and nonintuitive, mainly for real life/regular users, but since this is open source software, at least you can alter the code. Imagine if it were proprietary/closed software. > > > Several of you have raised this "argument". And it is completely bogus. > > NO MUA THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN "GUARANTEES" THAT WHAT YOU "SEE" IN THE COMPOSE WINDOW IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS SENT OUT. MUA's add all sorts of things to outgoing messages that users have no control of. MUA's should be able to change/fix formatting as necessary to fix user errors. MUA's can convert HTML text to plain text, or vice versa, or add different representations of the data (which IMP allows). An admin can add a trailer to every message which cannot be altered by the user and will never be seen by the user (which IMP allows).
Not that I care, but BECAUSE you've never seen an MUA that does that, is a very good reason. Most people contribute to open source projects to be BETTER than what is it there. > The simple fact with signatures IS THAT THE **USER** IS THE ONE THAT ADDED THE SIGNATURE DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE. This is not the case of someone "altering" a message or "adding" data without the user's consent. For a signature to be added to a message, the user necessarily needed to create the data at one point. Nothing is being "added" or "altered" to the message that the user has not already tacitly approved. And therefore it would be nice for the user to decide where the signature should go, and if for example, data should be added or subtracted. > This is a great example of a specious argument: one that might look like it has merit on its face, but if you even take a few seconds to analyze the details there is absolutely no basis to it. You may be right, but unless there's a security reason not to, I think given the clamour the idea could at least be entertained. I appreciate it may not be high priority, but if it's on the list with a bounty set then all the people who want it can contribute. Simon -- imp mailing list Frequently Asked Questions: http://wiki.horde.org/FAQ To unsubscribe, mail: imp-unsubscr...@lists.horde.org
