[COFF] Latest delivery problem worked around

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey via COFF]

On Thursday,  9 April 2026 at 21:50:45 -0500, COFF wrote:
> At 2026-04-10T12:04:01+1000, Alexis via COFF wrote:
>> Greg 'groggy' Lehey via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> writes:
>>> And the log messages describing the rejection are also too polite to
>>> mention the attachment type to which it objects.
>>
>> Ah, the old "don't give users any information that might let them
>> solve the problem" trick.
>
> Yup.  One of the many themes of my work on groff is that I've found
> myself writing change log entries that use the verb "disclose" to record
> occasions where the program knew damn well the specifics of what was
> wrong with the input, but had been churlishly refusing to share that
> information with the (likely frustrated) user.

:-)  Have you thought of using the term "divulge" when you're not
talking about your own software?

Greg
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