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Re: Here are some real problems for Google to solve while it’s tinkering with Gmail

Mike Payne — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:25:12 -0000

It doesn't matter who is being used as an example. If Google, Yahoo, Microsoft or anyone else started supporting handling email differently depending on whether or not it had headers tacked onto it that they themselves defined, it would only work with email being sent from one Gmail account to another, or one Yahoo account to another, or whoever the company you want to use for the example is.

There would be no way to ensure it was supported across the board unless it was implemented as a new internet standard, and even then support for it would likely be spotty, as there are plenty of legacy applications that send email that would have no idea of the existence of these new headers.

Creating a rule(or a "filter" in Gmail's case, or whatever the terminology is for your email client) to sort mail based off the sender, subject, and contents of the email is a far more efficient manner of getting this task done than relying on the sorting to be done by the sender, which is far less reliable. I mean... Imagine if there were a flag you could attach to an email that would mark it as a bill. Emails that had that flag would probably be less likely to be sent to your spam folder, right? So why would anyone sending spam emails ever *not* use this flag? If there were a flag marking an email as important, the sender would be marking this as an important email and not you. Who are they to judge what you consider important?

The onus is on the user to sort their email efficiently; that's the only way it's going to get done right. If you receive so many emails that things are getting lost in the fray, it's time to figure out why, and unsubscribe from some email lists or something.

Re: Here are some real problems for Google to solve while it’s tinkering with Gmail

Mike Payne — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:01:53 -0000

The fact that you suggest that Gmail support additional headers that are not defined in RFC5322 that the rest of the email clients on the internet would not support and that senders include these additional Gmail-only mail headers shows that you really do not understand how email works. Gmail cannot just arbitrarily create a new email header, nor can they expect the rest of the internet to adopt it and start including it in the emails that they send.

Re: http://mikepayne.tumblr.com/post/371145106

Mike Payne — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:18:57 -0000

1. I haven't seen it so NYAH! :P
2. Ahh ok I didn't realize it was a foreach loop because the keyword was still for. In C# it's:

foreach (int i in Object.IntegerCollection) { ... } although you could also use "for (i = 0; i < Object.IntegerCollection.Count; i++) { ... }"

Re: http://tylercoates.tumblr.com/post/356432671

Mike Payne — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:31:42 -0000

Cause Steve Jobs revealed a new device today in a press conference that destroys twitter and overloads the internet

Re: Shorter Excerpts

Mike Payne — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:04:23 -0000

Dogfish 120 tastes like turpentine but gets you FUCKED up.

Re: Marcela channeling Margeeka - Open Letter to the IMDB news feed

Mike Payne — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:20:37 -0000

Jon Stewart > *

Re: pilot blue ribbon - oh god. actually i really want purple. even though...

Mike Payne — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:35:13 -0000

Did you know they're actually scented like the flavor they represent? The purple ones are supposed to actually smell like grape(purple drink).

Re: pilot blue ribbon - movielove: flickflickflicker: this makes me...

Mike Payne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:29:42 -0000

I don't even know what's scarier: that photo or what you just said. :)

Re: im watching the dark knight

Mike Payne — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:02:27 -0000

I'd like it if I were the one spanking her, personally...

Re: Shorter Excerpts

Mike Payne — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:15:24 -0000

self-immolation*

Re: Shorter Excerpts

Mike Payne — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:10:03 -0000

Is that an MRI or a CAT scan or what? What's wrong?

Re: oh Tumblr, you know my heart belongs to you

Mike Payne — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:39:01 -0000

http://benlucier.ca/work/te...

Re: oh Tumblr, you know my heart belongs to you

Mike Payne — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:25:01 -0000

AT&T's exclusive contract with the iPhone is about to expire, and Apple has been in talks with some other providers(like Verizon) about getting it on their networks. I have had no problems with AT&T, but soon enough hopefully you should have some other options.

http://www.denverpost.com/b...

Re: oh Tumblr, you know my heart belongs to you

Mike Payne — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:06:59 -0000

Get an iPhone. Then you can check your dashboard while still in bed. :)

Re: Shorter Excerpts

Mike Payne — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:30:02 -0000

What if it has animated foxes AND Alan Rickman? That might win an Oscar.

For best movie ever made.

Re: Shorter Excerpts

Mike Payne — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:56:21 -0000

Stop the catness.

Re: being old

Mike Payne — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:26:38 -0000

That's probably because yesterday you woke up with a hangover so bad you were questioning whether you were going to survive. :)

Re: Too Much Awesome. - (via mariadiaz:suicideblonde:bohemea)

Mike Payne — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:56:02 -0000

Was that The Last Supper?

Re: so I just saw Coraline in 3D and I can now confirm

Mike Payne — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:58:10 -0000

You watched a 3D movie without 3D glasses? I'm surprised you didn't get a migraine and throw up. :P

Re: vainglorious

Mike Payne — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:46:51 -0000

Cotton candy sweet as gold, LEMME SEE THAT TOOTSIE ROLL!

Re: I've been running fever in the 100.5 F range three days in a row

Mike Payne — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:32:57 -0000

Could be worse. It could be 100.5 C.

Re: BlocksOnBlox

Mike Payne — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:03:07 -0000

That's so fucked up. If we were dating I'd at least go halfsies with you on your birthday present.

Re: Shorter Excerpts

Mike Payne — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:03:42 -0000

If a girl is doing bent-over rows, and you offer to go help spot her... That's not being an asshole, it's being a concerned gym-going citizen. Right?

Re: BlocksOnBlox

Mike Payne — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:48:14 -0000

I'm fairly sure there's grounds for some kind of a lawsuit in there...

Re: Too Much Awesome. - Things just got weird.

Mike Payne — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:40:09 -0000

You're too hip to be square.