Howdy, Andreas Färber wrote:
PREAMBLE --- The @haiku-os.org email program is set up to provide email aliases for contributors. It is mainly geared at providing an email address that can be particularly useful during exchanges with third parties, where the email address can add an extra layer of trust and recognition. A secondary aim is to provide an extra form of recognition for contributors. Since the main objective is to add trust and recognition for communication with third parties, the email address will be - without exception - formatted as firstname.familyname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxAt some point you will see name clashes and should have a backup strategy (loosening the "without exception"). For example, adding 2, 3, ... at the end, or maybe a middle initial.
Why not let users choose between their names or nickname? Some people may prefer to use their nick instead of their real name in their email for various reasons; there is no harm in that, and it gives you more options to avoid name clashes.
POLICY --- The use of the email address is at the discretion of the owner. However, if the email address or Haiku's servers are used to transmit illegal activities (including spam) or commercial activities (including selling software or using the @haiku-os.org brand to solicit for private donations), the email alias will be terminated at the discretion of Haiku's system administrators. After an account is terminated, they will inform haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxIt would be fair to also notify the owner.
+1 for contacting the owner of the email address before taking any drastic action. Innocent until proven guilty.
The owner of the email alias can appeal the decision and request a vote from the developers on whether to reinstate the mailbox. An email alias is principally given out for life, except in three distinct cases. a) when the user is actively kicked of the project, as per the guidelines that are set by the developers.
Are those guidelines documented?
b) when the user has not been active for 10 months. Activity is defined as making svn commits or sending messages to haiku-development (though the latter does not have to be done with the @haiku-os.org email address).I suggest counting Trac activity too (thinking of patches).
You may want to loosen the criteria to include non-devs who would not meet this developer-centric metric but that are still known contributors to the project.
c) when due to technical reasons it is no longer possible to provide email addresses. In the case of inactivity, the system administrators will try to contact the owner of the mailbox through his/her known address(es) and through the provided address. They will allow a period of two months to respond. PRIVACY --- The email system is maintained by Haiku's system administrator pool. They do not monitor incoming or outgoing messages, intercept traffic or interfere in any way. Except: a) At the request by the owner of the mailbox. b) When abuse is reported (as defined above). The system administrators can then decide to verify the claim. This has to be done by an unanimous decision within that pool. Regardless of the outcome, the administrators will inform the owner of the mailbox of the claim and how they handled it.
A couple of questions:Does that mean that, at the sole discretion of the sysadmins, they can intercept email traffic without prior notice to the mailbox owner?
Can you clarify who constitutes the system administrator pool? Regards! -- Jorge/aka Koki Website: http://haikuzone.net RSS: http://haikuzone.net/rss.xml
