- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:57:00 -0800
- To: Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
- CC: Tyler Close <tyler.close@gmail.com>, "Mark S. Miller" <erights@google.com>
Design 3:
1. The user is subscribed message to a mailing list.
There is a "subscription password"; the user can pick it
when subscribing or the system can generate one.
2. The list processing software sends an email message to the user,
providing advice that the user may unsubscribe from the list, and
including a link to an unsubscribe confirmation page; the link
also fills in the user name (but not the password).
3. The unsubscribe page lets you enter in the password. If
you don't remember or never had the password, there is a
"send me my password" link, which will email the password
to your email address.
4. The user follows the link to the confirmation page, and finds a
form with an input field requesting the password
and a button to "[Confirm] your unsubscription". The
form is to be submitted with method="POST".
5. The user types in the password from memory or
copies the password from the password email message and pastes
it into the password field, and activates the [Confirm] form
control.
6. The list processing software confirms the unsubscription and
removes the user from the list.
This is the usage pattern in many email lists.
Larry
Received on Saturday, 6 February 2010 16:57:41 UTC