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

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Amir Rohan <amir(dot)rohan(at)mail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: No easy way to join discussion in existing thread when not subscribed
Date: 2015-09-27 18:08:42
Message-ID: CABUevExxmZRVTPgBLFUJQQuYTwuaZqPA+ksbdVVDuaTZKZEvAA@mail.gmail.com
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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?

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