Re: Non-member messages not "owned" by them after they join
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 03:31 AM, Christos G. Psarras wrote:
Thinking out loud here, but Mark is already saving the non-member's email address, but only for non-member messages which are accepted; I obviously don't know if he is saving the address itself in a separate field, but he is saving the full original message itself, headers and all, because if you More-Edit one of these you can ViewSource it, and there's the address in the From header, so it can be retrieved on demand easily. (and he may already be doing that)Yes, the data in there, in plain-text form, but there is no account creation at that point, nor is the information being inserted into a retrievable database. I cannot claim to know all the details of implementation, and in any event, that's not my problem. :-) There may be some merit to creating a groups.io account for the email address of any post that passes moderation -- even non-member's. I don't know what that means for system security. We've done nothing to confirm that the address provided actually exists, and has not been spoofed...or that there is a real person on the other end who can receive and respond to emails. Under normal circumstances, accounts in NC status are not allowed to post. Regards, Bruce Check out the groups.io Help Center?and?groups.io Owners Manual |
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