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Re: Hmm, another suggestion
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date: 
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:40:52 GMT
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Dan Boger wrote:
> 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" :/

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?

> 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.

Aren't logged on members already associated with a posting setup?

Frank



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  Re: Hmm, another suggestion
 
(...) Actually, I wasn't sure. After a bit of digging, it seems that members are associated with *one* posting setup - I assume after going through the posting setup while logged in. I'm not sure if that association is actually verified as part of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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