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[David Relson]

On 30 Sep 2003 11:28:02 -0400
Tom Anderson <tanderso at oac-design.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 02:40, Stefan Bellon wrote:
> > I like that rubber stamper idea! Perhaps one could try to use
> > another stamp than the flag of the USA (just to be neutral), but
> > otherwise a nice idea. And it works in different sizes. Even scaling
> > down the 64x64 version to 32x32 still looks acceptable.
> 
> Well, I don't really have any other reference except American mail.  I
> thought about maybe just one of those commercial bulk pre-paid stamps,
> but I wanted some color.  Well, look at it this way... Americans can
> be patriotic about having their stamp represented, while everyone else
> can take notice that the American mail is marked as spam ;)
> 
> Actually, this is just a rough sketch to get some opinions about the
> concept.  I didn't want to spend more than an hour doing it if nobody
> liked it.  If people like it, I can spend a little more time refining
> it however you wish.  Maybe a stack of letters behind the stamper,
> repositioning of the SPAM mark, new stamp, different address, etc.
> 
> I figured the stamper was a good idea since that's basically what
> bogofilter does to email... it stamps an X-Bogosity label on it.  But
> then again, I liked the shredder idea too, and nobody else seemed to
> think that was such a good idea.
> 
> Tom

Tom,

Your ideas are good and I like your choice of artwork.  I like the
sorter, and was surprised when Gyepi pronounced his Ghanaian-ship (since
I thought "praxis", as in "praxis-sw.com", was greek).  The stamper has
an attractive simplicity, though the handle seems to dominate the image.

David

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