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Re: [Tools-discuss] Confirm on I-D submission (was Re: postconfirm)

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Tue, 25 June 2019 14:14 UTC

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From: Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com>
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:14:39 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] Confirm on I-D submission (was Re: postconfirm)
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> On 2019-06-25 15:43, Richard Barnes wrote:
>> This reminded me of a complaint I've had for a while:
>> 
>> When I use the Datatracker to submit an I-D, I have to go through the "open
>> email, click a link" dance, click a button" dance even though I am logged
>> in to the Datatracker.  Is it not possible to just match the logged-in user
>> ID with the author email addresses and proceed directly to posting?
> 
> Yes.  This is something we want to do, but it hasn't reached the top of
> the priority list yet.

Yes, indeed.  Remember that the I-D submission was added to the Datatracker long before end-user accounts.  At the time it was added, only the Secretariat and the Area Directors had accounts.

Russ

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