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Re: Hmm, another suggestion
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:27:31 GMT
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 05:32:00PM +0000, Frank Filz wrote:
> I know in the past, we have asked for user cancel of web posted posts.
> I have noted that an NNTP cancel must be authenticated just like a
> regular post. It seems like it would be possible to have a cancel
> button in the web view that would generate an NNTP cancel and
> authentication. Of course ideally, it would recognize at least a
> logged on user and just cancel their post.
I would recommend setting it up so only logged on users will be able to
even see a button for canceling (only their) posts - otherwise you'd end
up floodding people with "cancel requests" :/
I did look once to see how we can associate a member id with a posting
setup. Two ways I could think of making it work:
1. Use the email address in the member profile to match to the address
of the author of the message. This would require that any change
to the profile's email address be verified, of course.
2. Add a field to the posting setup specifying the member ID. This
would make it harder for the admins though, since they will have to
verify that the member ID specified is actually the owner of the
email address. Then again, they already have to do that with
current posting setups.
Both would require a little bit of code, the first more than the second.
But once it's in place, the button and functionallity to cancel posts
via the web interface is already there - only currently it's visible to
"cancel-admins" only.
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) Good point. Hmm, did we capture the suggestion that we should have logins for non-members so they can benefit from some of the post controls? (...) Aren't logged on members already associated with a posting setup? Frank (20 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| I know in the past, we have asked for user cancel of web posted posts. I have noted that an NNTP cancel must be authenticated just like a regular post. It seems like it would be possible to have a cancel button in the web view that would generate an (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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