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> From: Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> > Date: 20 November 2010 3:58:41 AM AEDT > To: Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> > Cc: Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org>, Elliot Chance <elliotcha...@gmail.com>, > pgsql-www <pgsql-...@postgresql.org> > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 16:14, Alvaro Herrera > <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> wrote: >> Excerpts from Dave Page's message of vie nov 19 11:43:34 -0300 2010: >>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Elliot Chance <elliotcha...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> However if I had signed up to the forum (and not the mailing list) my From >>>> would have to be subscribed for the mailing list to accept it like: >>>> Elliot Chance <for...@postgresql.com.au> >>>> John Smith <for...@postgresql.com.au> >>>> ... etc. >>>> >>>> OK, so after a brief background I'd like to organise a solution. Without >>>> any other feasible option would this generic address system be allowed? >>> >>> I wouldn't be happy with that as it prevents private replies to the >>> author and would make it easy to send what was intended as a private >>> reply to the public forums by mistake. >> >> Isn't that a secondary use case, though? It would be easy to solve this >> by providing a URL to the post in the forum that you can click; assuming >> the forum interface gives you the option to reply privately. > > That would pretty much make it impossible to use offline. > > That would be annoying, but I guess survivable. But how would that > work for a user that hasn't signed up for the forum? How does it > verify the sender? > > > -- > Magnus Hagander > Me: http://www.hagander.net/ > Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
