On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Stephen John Smoogen<smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, James Hubbard<jameshubbard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Christopher Beland<beland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I wonder if it would be a good idea for desktop users to get some sort >>> of notification that they have local mail waiting to be read, even if >>> they don't have an email client running. Then firstboot would strongly >>> recommend sending mail locally, so it would work more reliably (at the >>> cost of not being co-mingled with all of your other email, though >>> hopefully it would only get sent if something was malfunctioning). >> >> How would you suggest that these users read this email? Should >> evolution be setup with the default local account? What if they never >> open evolution? >> > > What if they never install Fedora? OMG What if they never turn on the > computer? [Ok I think I have covered hyperbole enough here] > > Please there is only a limit to what people can assume the user will > or will not do. The issue is to make it easier for that user to know > whats going on. >From what I've seen, all of the current notifications provide the user with a way to act on them. Update/security notifications allow the user to update the system or view. SELinux has something similar. If there is to be a notification to the user about local email, a method of displaying that email should be provided that is automatically configured. It should open a list of messages and provide a way of reading them. There should be consistency for the end user. Cron should drop it's logs into a directory with a name like ~/cronlog, if it can't find a local mta. Any user using cron should be competent enough to check the logs, configure the mta, or be able to do a google search as to how to do those things. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
