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Re: Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:35:04 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman writes:
> > [...]
> > To subscribe via SMTP (e-mail), point your web browser here:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/news/mail/
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> Hmm. So far, only 22 people have signed up for e-mail delivery of the new
> LEGO announcements group. Is awareness of the group still too low, or is
> the interface for mail subscriptions still too confusing? (It was designed
> for efficiently managing large numbers of groups simultaneously, but not for
> managing groups individually.)
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> Well...in any case...there's now a shortcut!
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> To receive lugnet.lego.announce via email (highly recommended), point your
> web browser here:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/mail/sub/?lugnet.lego.announce
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> and fill in the blanks. Give it a shot! :)
Did.
Still too hard.
Try turning things inside out, like most lists do. Especially for a one shot
easy to use interface, let me say I want it, then send a confirming mail, which
I have to THEN follow the URL back, instead of making me get a confirmation
code first. Getting codes first interferes with natural work task flow.
This was tried from a computer that didn't have the mail cookie, but which WAS
logged in as me. Why not tie this together. If I am logged in and the system
knows it is me, let me manipulate my subscriptions, ESPECIALLY if the address I
am pointing at is one that I have already added as one of mine, sans any
cookie or confirmation code.
My comment on your overall security approach remains as it has
been for some time now:
"excessively paranoid for a site that doesn't manipulate money"
++Lar
System Architect
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