Re: azc reply to jasons post re posting email address's
From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 10/07/03
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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:05:05 -0400
Here's an example which Panda posted earlier as a "good" interface example.
I'm guilty of not checking it out carefully yet--but compare it to the
others, and let's try to give Microsoft some guideance about what's the
right way to do this?
"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
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> Some of the web interfaces make the email address issue much clear by
> providing a scroll-down box with explicit choices. I have such an example
> URL, but can't lay my hands on it at the moment. We need to get MS to be
> more uniform about this mechanism, I believe, but I've been a bit slow to
> get to work on that, due to a virus--in this case shingles!
>
> "Alun Jones [MS MVP]" <alun@texis.com> wrote in message
> news:2466501c38ce8$bed7f070$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >To be honest Andrew this not good enough especially
> > coming
> > >from an MVP.
> >
> > Nor is it particularly fair of you to post this as a new
> > thread, rather than a reply, since it's common knowledge
> > that new threads get read by newbies, and replies tend to
> > get ignored by people who haven't yet figured out what
> > the "[+]" icon is for.
> >
> > >Most people that use this knowledge base either did not
> > >realise this and supplied their correct email address or
> > >trusted the M.S. site.
> >
> > In a way, you've got a point - MS should make this clear
> > when a user makes a post. Ideally, when they make every
> > post, though this is likely to be sufficiently unwieldy
> > that first posts should trigger the warning that this is
> > a public newsgroup.
> >
> > But then again, you accessed this newsgroup without
> > having to authenticate or identify yourself in any way.
> > You access and read this newsgroup entirely anonymously.
> > And if you can, then anyone else - and anyone else's
> > programs - can do the same thing. Your name, your email,
> > anything you choose to post here, is clearly available
> > for anonymous consumption by any and all.
> >
> > Granted, most people are unaware of the spam and viruses
> > that result from having your address published in the
> > clear. But then, most people _are_ aware that when they
> > publish their name and contact information on a freely
> > open bulletin board, they're going to get a significant
> > number of prank callers, time wasters, and
> > telemarketers. Why does that knowledge not pass through
> > to the Internet? A little education goes a long way, and
> > should be given to anyone first getting onto the Internet.
> >
> > So, yes, Microsoft could do with notifying people a
> > little better of some of the dangers - but then, so could
> > the ISPs who sell service to the uninitiated; and so
> > could the people who persuade their less educated friends
> > and relatives to go online, without warning them of the
> > dangers.
> >
> > Alun.
> > ~~~~
> >
>
>
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