RE: [Almonaster-list] Restricting joining access to longterms

[Back S. <bac...@ya...>]

OK, I think Max has a good idea on how to make this
work.  

If combined with Del's suggestion for validating email
addresses once, it could work really well.  
When I put in my email address, I would be emailed a
code to enter on my profile to validate the address.
Once I did that, my email would be marked as
validated.  

I assume that games requiring validated email would
not show on my open-games list unless I had a valid
email, similar to treatment of Bridier limits, Almo
score limits, etc. 

Now, the one thing this doesnt address is that if I
change my email address (maybe new ISP) then my
"valid" email address will no longer be valid.  I
think that is something we can live with and handle on
an exception basis when suspected, unless someone
thinks we need a regular revalidation process?  (Ugh,
getting too much like work!)  Or do we want to
increase the work and bandwidth to join longterms by
validating every time?

Carl

--- Max Attar Feingold <ma...@co...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alm...@li...
> [mailto:almonaster-list-
> > ad...@li...] On Behalf Of Jerome
> Zago
> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:49
> > To: alm...@li...
> > Cc: Back Stabber
> > Subject: Re: [Almonaster-list] Restricting joining
> access to longterms
> >
> > > I think the optional Email notification feature
> would
> > > be nice to have, for those who would like it
> (myself
> > > included for optional notify).  That might
> encourage
> > > more people to join those games that are slow to
> fill.
> >
> > I would enable this feature by default (and it can
> be disabled in the
> > profile).
> 
> Here's how I see it:
> 
> - An option on all empire profiles to be sent email
> when games begin.
> 
> - An admin option to make this the default for new
> empires.  I think it
> would be off by default on my servers to save
> bandwidth.
> 
> - An advanced option on games (off by default) to
> require a valid email
> address before entering the game.  These games would
> also send
> notification on start, regardless of profile
> settings.
> 
> So Jerome would set this option on all the games he
> starts, and everyone
> would be happy.  People who wanted to work around it
> would work around it.
> Less people would join his games than otherwise, but
> the people who
> wouldn't join aren't people Jerome wants to play
> with anyway.  I'm not
> worried about people getting scared off, because
> Jerome's new games
> probably wouldn't exist without the feature in the
> first place. 
> 
> Now, the risk with all these email-based features is
> spoofing.  That
> option exists on the internet for plenty of things
> already.  The features
> that I already had in place (resetting lost
> passwords, update
> notifications and purge warnings) are somewhat
> interesting, and I doubt
> anyone would use a spoofed email address so that
> someone else could see
> his lost passwords.
> 
> Anyway, I don't have the time to implement any of
> this right now, but I'm
> collecting the suggestions for when I get the chance
> to write an SMTP
> library.  I'd welcome further refinements along
> these lines.
> 
> 
> 
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