Norman Khine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >What is the best way to generate a long authentication string and email >this so that the user can reply and verify that the email address they >have provided is authentic, similar I guess to the way Bugzilla works? > >Should this be server side or client? > >How would one tackle an expiry limit on this - i.e. set the string a >time limit? > >Any useful links of implementations in python are most welcomed.
Mailman does this kind of thing when you sign on to a mailing list (assuming the list is configured to require confirmation). Mailman is written in Python. http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list