[TAG] Talkback links should CC article author

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 04:28:23PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> I missed when the talkback parts were setup, but it seems to me that when
> the links for it are generated that a CC field should be added to the
> respective author's email address as well.  For those authors who do not
> provide an email address, or write under the guise of "Anon", then on CC
> should be used [1].
> 
> Currently, whilst the model in use is quite successful, it does leave any
> kudos for the author unnoticed, unless they're subscribed to TAG which is
> unlikely for most of the authors we have.

That would be one of the bits of Python coding that's been on my stack
for a _LONG_ time - but has also been put off for a long time. It
wouldn't be all that hard, but it would expose the authors' email
addresses to spambots, something that is not currently the case. Yes,
there would be large benefits to doing this - for the moment, whenever
there's a worthwhile Talkback followup, I forward it to the authorfrom
my mailbox, screamingly manual and inefficient as it may be - but
there's also a detrimental effect, as well as a need for someone to get
their hands grimy in Python bowels.

This week's classes are done (*WHEW*... especially since we were doing
double the usual, 8 hours of class/welding per day), which means that
I'll have a little brainpower available before the systems crash at the
end of the day. I'll give this a bit of thought while hoping that a
Python-savvy person will volunteer to help with this - as an option, if
nothing else - while I'm cogitating. :)


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