Re: how to determine who approved a posting ... ?

Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:21:31 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.majordomo.majordomo2.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 02:55:43PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Marc G. Fournier's message of jue ene 20 13:59:50 -0300 2=
011:
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>=20
> > > I was thinking that it might be possible to patch Mj2 so that the
> > > approving moderator was saved in a header.  But, as you say, if som=
eone
> > > approves using the token, then there's no way to know what moderato=
r
> > > used it.  (It would be necessary to send different tokens to each
> > > moderator, and store the moderator's identity in the token server-s=
ide.)
> >=20
> > I may be missing something here, but assuming we are talking about a =
token=20
> > sent through email, vs the web interface, could we not store the emai=
l=20
> > address who *used* that token successfully?  By successfully, I'm thi=
nking=20
> > the on etha tcaused the message to be released, vs any that come in a=
fter=20
> > it ... ?
>=20
> Well, you are correct that we could use the email address that sends th=
e
> authorization for a token (though that could be a fake address), but th=
e
> token can also used on the web interface *without* logging in first.

Is the same token sent to all admins, or could unique ones be sent if
not?

> =C1lvaro Herrera -- Se vende casa en =D1u=F1oa: www.portalinmobiliario.=
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