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Subject:Re: Message Confirmation?? Sorry, Guy! From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH2 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 10 Apr 1996 07:23:48 MST
Guy McDonald said:
> Sooooo...... OK, Eric.... backpedaling now to say the idea of a message
> confirmation is *not* cool. The idea of getting rid of impostors is
> "cool", but we would sacrifice many other valuable (and tangible) benefits
> to the list. Toss my name over with the rest of the lynch mob.
Guy, you weasel! I don't think Garret had the confirmation
concept quite right. The only person moderating your posts would
be YOU. Not Eric or anybody else. I think Eric had better
re-explain what he was talking about before everybody bases a
decision on faulty data.
Yes, there would be a slight delay in the postings. And if it
were an across-the-board implementation, I'd be against it, too.
But if it could be done so that each subscriber could choose to
"turn on the confirmation bit" if they wanted to, I think it
would be a GREAT idea.
Beverly Parks -- bparks -at- huachuca-emh2 -dot- army -dot- mil
The opinions expressed are my own.
