On 1/21/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Editor said... > > I really didn't like mailman's approach and ended up using a rather > > creative system that makes it easier for an individual to take care of > > their subscriptions. When they visit the newsletter mgmt site, it > > asks them to simply enter an email address, and forwards them to an > > authentication page. There, they enter simple passcode emailed them > > (a random number) to verify ownership of the email. Once verified, > > they are forwarded to a subscriptions page which dynamically shows all > > current subscriptions, and lets them add or drop subscriptions at the > > click of a button. Pass codes are only valid for 20 minutes and are > > tied to specific emails. I think most users will find it much simpler > > to use than mailman. Let me know if anyone sees any problems in this > > setup. > > IME, you might hit a problem with this. Sometimes emails become stuck in > the system, for a variety of reasons, so time limiting an update code > will mean folk having to repeat the process, possibly more than once. > That kind of event can drive folk away. > > An alternative approach is to email the update details as parameters to > a URL and embed this in an email. The user then only has to click the > link to update their details. Something like: > > http://www.example.com/Site/ChangeEmailConfirmation?hash= > 0e8fc8eafd8506101171031c52d6502b&email=fred%40spammaster.com > > (Generate the hash by something like: > $hash = md5($newemail.$hiddenHash);) > > This method never times out.
Thanks for the idea Marc. I don't know much about this hash idea, and will read up on it a bit and see what I can come up with. Though I must admit, I'm not so sure I like the idea of them never timing out... As for the 20 minutes setting, that's just a configurable option that can be set to anything. Could just as easily set it for the big 86400 seconds or whatever. Cheers, Dan _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
