From user-return-23348-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Sat Jan 26 01:12:35 2013 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45110E64D for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:12:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 82609 invoked by uid 500); 26 Jan 2013 01:12:33 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 82573 invoked by uid 500); 26 Jan 2013 01:12:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 82565 invoked by uid 99); 26 Jan 2013 01:12:33 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:12:33 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of jens@couchbase.com designates 206.225.164.28 as permitted sender) Received: from [206.225.164.28] (HELO EXHUB020-1.exch020.serverdata.net) (206.225.164.28) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:12:26 +0000 Received: from EXVMBX020-1.exch020.serverdata.net ([169.254.4.201]) by EXHUB020-1.exch020.serverdata.net ([206.225.164.28]) with mapi; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:11:51 -0800 From: Jens Alfke To: "user@couchdb.apache.org" Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:11:51 -0800 Subject: Re: User registration and email confirmation on CouchDB Thread-Topic: User registration and email confirmation on CouchDB Thread-Index: Ac37Yh+sZs8FaUM4RLqqatuBWmbY4g== Message-ID: <89530030-C242-4A78-9A83-E222F00FC9AD@couchbase.com> References: <3E15E2BA-2931-472D-9CBA-6B5AED41B2BA@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Jan 25, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Pulkit Singhal wrote= : > @ Marcus - Thank you for your strong affirmation. I suppose I might have > let the lack of "we have email confirmation" being spelled out on the mai= n > read me page, throw me off. BrowserID addresses _are_ email addresses, and the authentication is based = on verifying ownership of the address. So any ID you get through BrowserID = login is a verified email address. BrowserID is very cool; I=92ve been adding support to TouchDB and the Couch= base Sync Gateway (aka BaseCouch). =97Jens=