[ingo] blacklist & whitelist

[Eric Jon Rostetter]

Quoting J J Urich <jjurich at divms.uiowa.edu>:

> We are a very happy user of the Horde framework, Webmail, and Ingo
> Email filters manager.

Great!

> We have had several requests from users to change blacklist and
> whitelist due to their racial associations.

They have no racial associations (though they may have other negative
associations such as the blacklisting done via the McCarthy hearings,
etc).

> The word "whitelist" when
> contrasted to "blacklist" has particularly hit the nerve with some of
> our users and faculty.

Then they need to be educated, which as an educational institution should
be right up you alley.

> One user suggested changing to "Included Lists" and "Excluded Lists".
> This language seems to be convey the meaning equally as well.

That doesn't even come close to conveying the same information to me.
You probably want something more like "block" and "allow" or
"deny" and "allow" instead.

> At any rate, please consider this change now or in a future release.

Nope.  See the IMP archives, for example:

http://lists.horde.org/archives/imp/Week-of-Mon-20051205/043716.html

http://lists.horde.org/archives/imp/Week-of-Mon-20051212/subject.html#start
(see anything there with the subject: a change on the lists terms)

The above will also give hints (along with the FAQ) on how to change them
at your site if you want to do so in some mistaken notion that it will
somehow impact racism.

> Regards,
>
> JJ Urich
> -- 
> --------------------------------------------------
> JJ Urich
> CSG Director
> Department of Computer Science
>
> The University of Iowa
> Phone 319-335-0750
> Email: jjurich at divms dot uiowa dot edu
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Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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