X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c7651e2a193030d0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-28 22:15:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!spring.edu.tw!news.nctu.edu.tw!news.ntu.edu.tw!realTao.org!xern From: xern Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [CAAN] Request for Hierarchical Category List Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 14:02:01 +0800 Organization: National Taiwan University Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <3e0cbfc6$0$35803$edfadb0f@dread15.news.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ibiyaya.m3.ntu.edu.tw Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: gemini.ntu.edu.tw 1041142515 9291 140.112.243.249 (29 Dec 2002 06:15:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postmaster@news.ntu.edu.tw NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Dec 2002 06:15:15 GMT X-X-Sender: In-Reply-To: Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21261 On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Tom Bampton wrote: > > "xern" wrote in message > news:Pine.LNX.4.33.0212290206380.5091-100000@realTao.org... > > In fact, currently I just want to make sure that every user's email is > > valid. So, I send letters to each newly registered user. If I get bounces, > > I may think the registration is invalid. While it's preprealpha, I don't > > want to do in a verbose way. If no bounces, user's account is created. > > Please don't top post. A bounce can take upto or over 5 days to arrive for > addresses that are temporarily down. If you rely solely on that, when you > implement a "real" system for verifying mails, you should confirm all existing > addresses in the database before sending any additional mail to them. With your > system as it is now, anyone can enter anyone elses email address in there. > Whilst you dont intend it, anything sent to addresses not entered by the owner > *is* spam. > > Like you say, it probably doesnt matter so much for now, but once it becomes > alpha or beta you'll need to make some changes :) Oh, one thing I forgot to > mention before, make sure you keep copies of all verifications and > registrations, including IP address of those enterring info in the form. This > way if/when someone complains you have the data there to present to them (and > from the IP it should be fairly obvious if the complainer has a legitimate > complaint or has just forgotten they did it). > > T. > The current scheme works now. An account is created before sending email. Any registered user is presumed valid and it may not be an abuse. Providing a verification link can also cause abuse too. Adding that is not difficult, but the current one works fine now and http://cpan.org works in a similar way. Every user's registration and access log are saved for user's right. CAAN provides just an alternative way to publish ascii art, not an replacement of other media. I trust ascii artists, and I hope CAAN is trusted too.