22 Dec
2002
22 Dec
'02
10:43 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 07:23:27AM -0700, Darren Landrum wrote:
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1) Only one registration per email address.
2) No free email accounts are allowed to be used. (There aren't too
many of those around anymore anyway.)
3) Registration happens on the web, and must be confirmed by email
before the account can be used.
4) An account must be registered before users can submit any files.
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That is somewhat restrictive for a so-called open
library, but
unfortunately, it may be necessary.
I don't know if we should rule out free mailboxes.
If the process is such that it can't be automated
(for instance you have to type in 4 numbers
out of an image), I don't think free mailboxes
are an issue anymore.
The major problem for these kind of services
is people using automated tools to distribute
pirated software and music.
Simply using `file` on the submitted files
can also weed out .zip .rar and other
unwanted files, should their be anyone
trying to put anything else than a loop online.
Thank you for the reply, Mr. Touquet.
Call me
Vincent :)
regards,
vincent