Re: Good idea, bad execution

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From: Mike Schilling
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:16

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"Anyone" <7iZTu@abSfD9AYLavqGth6T1JWOwq.aWEF> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:56:22 -0800, Joe Snodgrass wrote:
>
>> Several years ago, somebody invented a clever email add-on that would
>> alert you to the fact that you were using harsh language, so you
>> wouldn't hit the "send" key.
>>
>> This is wrongheaded.  The place you want to put it is on the receive
>> end, to alert you that someone was about to insult you, so you could
>> delete the diatribe without reading it.
>>
>> Does anybody know what was the name of that invention, or the company or
>> person who invented it?
>
> "Common sense", that seems to have eluded you.
>
> Meanwhile, go ogle "Eudora mail client".

Eudora had a nice screen layout, but not *that* nice.

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