[dvdvol] queue control

[Aaron Cannon]

I agree.  In fact, that's essentially what I was proposing, although you 
probably said it better. :)  I'll CC Greg Newby to see if he has any 
objections to this.


At 03:39 PM 2/28/2005, you wrote:
>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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