Hello...

Gave a presentation to my organization to show off the GEE whiz email filtering tool.

Lots of interest, lots of positive comments--but one little thing did come up, and I agreed with the person:  in naming the Black list for unwanted email, the expression to follow for a 'safe' list is the White list.  Well, using expressions that infer black is bad and white is good got some racial sensibilities going.  Yeah, I know, you're sitting at your computer saying "GIVE ME A BREAK!!"    But it's true. 

Could you change the script (or have an optional patch) so that White list is called Safe list instead?  The Black/Safe dichotomy doesn't offend like the Black/White one could/does.

Other ideas instead of White:  wanted, safe, keep, desirable, yes

Other ideas instead of Black:  unwanted, unsafe, bad, destroy, no

Comments?

M.Duggan in Ottawa

Old School!!!

Put away the websters, dude!  MSN uses the term 'safe list' specifically for email addresses that you will accept into your inbox, and 'block' for ones that are not to go to your inbox, and that's about as global a standard as you'll find.

Besides, in the dictionary, those lists aren't referring to email addresses, they are referring to people and in a completely different context (like 50's McCarthy-era black lists of commies and such, or employees who you want to fire soon, etc...).  Extending your argument to email addresses doesn't quite fit, which is why I made my post.

Please think about it, discuss it, and don't dismiss it so easily.  You want to sell this product globally, it's time to adopt a more progressive way of thinking.

Mike D.

Ottawa

M. Duggan (or nomad),

I don't know if you are the Duggan I think you are or not, but if the number 44867 means anything to you, please email me.

-mike (m__melvin@hotmail.com)