Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:30:23 +0100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > There's a huge difference, though, in the effect on the submitter > > between receiving an automated "your report *will in the future* be > > read by a human being", > > ...which most submitters will read as "your report *may* in the > future be read by a human being".
Yes, indeed. > > and receiving a (possibly automated) "a real human *has* read your > > report and has made the following triage decision on it". > > Automated in this context worries me a little. To have value, the > note absolutely must be initiated by the maintainer him/herself and > not some automated system. The distinction I was making was between "notification that your report has been sent to a mailbox", and "notification that your report has been acted upon by a human". The important property of the latter case is notification to the submitter that the message has actually been read and acted upon by a human developer. Whether the *notification* is automated or typed in manually is immaterial for this distinction. -- \ "When I was born I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year | `\ and a half." -- Gracie Allen | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
