From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65689 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Russ Allbery Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: message-confirm-send Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:20:28 -0800 Organization: The Eyrie Message-ID: <87sl37f3cj.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> References: <87y7czs16b.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87bq9vazy8.fsf@jidanni.org> <87zlxfhztn.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> <87k5oj5ae9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195172467 9728 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2007 00:21:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:21:07 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M14186@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Nov 16 01:21:12 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IsoxM-0003OO-8u for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:21:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Isowp-0003x8-AW; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:20:39 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Isown-0003wi-5Y for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:20:37 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Isowh-0003NV-7p for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:20:36 -0600 Original-Received: from smtp1.stanford.edu ([171.67.22.28]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Isowd-00041e-00 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:20:27 +0100 Original-Received: from smtp1.stanford.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 615424C0F0 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:20:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from windlord.stanford.edu (windlord.Stanford.EDU [171.64.19.147]) by smtp1.stanford.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D0D54BDAB for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:20:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by windlord.stanford.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 40E68E844D; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:20:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k5oj5ae9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:58:22 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65689 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: > Perhaps a more useful solution to the "realize your mistake as soon as > you hit send" problem (and this at least, is real) would be undoable > mail. Undoability often seems like a better method than confirmation. > Since you can't actually undo mail sending, a more practical solution > then would be a default queuing period for outgoing mail and easy-to-use > tools to examine the queue and cancel pending messages. > I suppose it's all a bit too much effort (needs MTA cooperation etc) for > the gain though. [and would probably cause tons of complaints about > your "slow" mail system...] Gnus could probably implement something like this internally, though, using a concept similar to the drafts group. -- Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)