Re: No easy way to join discussion in existing thread when not subscribed

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Amir Rohan <amir(dot)rohan(at)mail(dot)com> writes:
> > > > I've read elsewhere that a possible solution is to provide a
> > > > mail address associated with a message (displayed on the web interface)
> > > > that routes your mail message to the thread.
> > >
> > > Seems awfully like a here-please-spam-us button.
> >
> > Yeah, that doesn't sound good. What I think would be workable is to
> > create a feature that emails you an archived message, and requires that
> > you're logged in with your community account. That sounds hard enough
> > to abuse by spammers and convenient enough for actual users.
> >
> > I wonder if it would break stuff like DKIM signatures, SPF checks, and
> > the like.
>
> It probably would -- but not more than just the mailinglist already does?

Yeah, good point ...

So how hard would you think this would be?

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