Validation of email
 

Hello,
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.

Cheers

Norman

Re: Validation of email
 

Norman Khine <norman@khine.net> 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
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