Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Formmail

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The result of the debate was delete --cesarb 16:30, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Formmail

Delete We don't need an article for every email client, and this article isn't even correct. emacs has an email client, but started out as an editor. (It's like saying it's an experimental computer psychologist because it has Eliza built in). It says it's a frame but clients don't provide framework. Delete this article so that if someone wants they can write a good one. Wikibofh 15:55, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Comment: Formmail and Union Cab are additional entries by this user that are currently up for VfD Wikibofh 21:29, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

• Fair enough, I was torn on whether to VfD this myself. Delete. --W(t) 18:32, 2005 May 27 (UTC)
• Delete Xcali 19:26, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
• A redirect to form letter might be appropriate here, but I'm not sure if it's a common enough way of writing that. Meelar (talk) 21:30, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: I've never heard of "Form mail" for a "Form letter". So it would be a redirect of a mis-spelling of a word I've never heard of.  :) Wikibofh 22:57, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: If this article is attempting to describe Matt Wright's FormMail.pl, then it's likely that it is a moderately notable subject. FormMail.pl was the first widely-distributed CGI script to allow Web developers to add email-sending features to Web sites ... unfortunately, it also has a long, nasty history of security bugs allowing spammers to abuse any server with it installed, to send spam. If you ever got spam that started with the message "Below is the result of your feedback form", it was sent through an insecure FormMail.pl script. --FOo 03:58, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete is fine; Comment: This article makes no sense and does not accurately describe the FormMail program. I could flesh it out into a real article, complete with information on spin offs, security holes and drop-in replacement options if desired (it has been downloaded a few million times). Not sure if that is appropriate coming from the author of the program. It would currently be linked to from two other Wikipedia pages which mention the script: Distributed Server Boycott List and E-mail spam. --MattWright 08:37, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

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