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1.0.8 - gives the image of a recycle bin in the main logo. That is not consistent with the idea of a spam filter IMO, and shows the unhealthy influence of a Windows user <g>. Recycle bins are not for trashing things! – (anonymous commenter)mikebell
1.0.9 - The flames on the envelope may give the opposite viewpoint of 1.0.8 - instead of being too permissive, here's a fearful vision of the future where your mail will catch on fire or be destroyed. Again, this lacks the feeling of discrimination. – (anonymous commenter)mikebell
I think that most people will draw the conclusion that black mail equal bad mail. – ChristianHansen
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Might I suggest (and I do so humbly for my artistic skill is nil) to the artists that if one wants to illustrate the action upon the mail itself that the motif of filtering or selectivity is paramount. – (anonymous commenter)mikebell
Who are you? It would be nice if you would sign your comments! – ChristianHansen
Yes, of course. Sorry – mikebell
In my opinion, logo designs are free to use their own artistic license and whatever motifs they feel appropriate. – JustinMason Well, sure. And make no mistake – these folks are 1000x the artist I will ever be. – mikebell
Potential Design Motifs
One potential way of illustrating the concept of selective filtering would be showing a ninja/assassin (or perhaps just his/her sword) cutting a certain mail in half while letting another one safely by. Of course, this somehow needs to look like a decision by the ninja/assassin/sword to kill some while letting some pass, and not just that they're overwhelmed with enemies, or else we would be sending the wrong message on the server resources SA requires. Perhaps the assassin could motion for one piece mail to pass while skewering the other one. Just a thought from a graphically-unskilled fan of the software. - DanKohn
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