[SpamCop-List] Re: [SC-Help] I miss "Yum, this spam is fresh!"

Anon spamcop-list
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:36:42 -0800


I'll second the motion (below) "I've said it before and I'll say it again,
IMHO verbose parsing should be forced on the user."
And for the very reasons given. Keep up the verbose reporting.

RW <richard> wrote in message
news:3A9A66D8.A65F953E
> (f'ups set)
>
> Al Savage wrote:
> >
> > For us freebies, you can only see it if you select "Show Technical
> > Details" and then search for it (in pink) in the parsed output.  You
> > won't see it on the "Sent Reports to . . . " page anymore.  More's the
> > pity: it was easy to find, and was visible for users selecting both the
> > "executive summary" and "verbose" versions.
>
> There is other information that is now presented on the verbose parsing
> page that used to only be available after hitting the send report
> button.  This includes bounce messages/warnings and the Yum! message.
>
> I'd guess the idea is to present as much information as possible to the
> user before they decide to send the report.
>
> I've said it before and I'll say it again, IMHO verbose parsing should
> be forced on the user.  Being required to scroll through the screen of
> parsing is not unreasonable since the user should be looking for any
> errors SC might make in its recommendations and it helps the user learn
> to read headers.
>
> Another side effect of the non-verbose parsing that can easily be seen
> if the verbose parsing is used, if the accounts have been closed or SC
> can't find contact info, etc., they are only present with a "Nothing to
> do" page and the user sits there wondering WTF.  With verbose parsing
> you can at least see why SC is saying Nothing to do.
>
> Richard