Validation of email

[Tim Roberts]

Norman Khine <norman at 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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