[dvdvol] queue control

[Brandon Galbraith]

I think after the whole filesystem transition is complete for the 
gutenberg site, we should look at building a delay/confirmation into the 
dvdlogin.cgi page. When someone submits a request, they get an email, 
and have to come back 48-72 hours later to confirm the request. At that 
point, the request is then "confirmed" and is put into the queue.

Thoughts?

-brandon

John Hagerson wrote:

>Well, requiring a second visit to the web site would cut down on the "Hey,
>Vern! Lookee here! I can get free stuff from the Internet." I don't know how
>often this happens now, but we would reduce it.
>
>I think that we're all agreed that "third world" access is the most
>important part of providing the CDs and DVDs. By "third world" I also mean
>to include rural and more isolated portions of "first world" countries.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dvdvol-bounces at lists.pglaf.org [mailto:dvdvol-bounces at lists.pglaf.org]
>On Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
>Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 7:17 PM
>To: CD and DVD Volunteers
>Subject: Re: [dvdvol] queue control
>
>It's a great idea, and one I would go for, if paypal were available in more 
>countries.  You bet it would decrease the number of requests, but it would 
>also keep people from the poorer countries from gaining access.
>
>Unfortunately, I don't really have a better alternative.  The only idea I 
>came up with was to have the person type their e-mail address into a 
>form.  They would then be e-mailed a password which they could use to fill 
>out the form like they do now.  However, the catch would be that they 
>couldn't return to fill out the form until 72 hours had elapsed.  If they 
>forgot, then they probably didn't want the discs anyway.
>
>Thoughts? :)
>
>Sincerely
>Aaron Cannon
>
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