Proposal: Account activation via email

Abstract

This is a proposal to support Account activation via email in Roller. If activation is enabled, then user accounts must be activated via e-mail before they can be used.

Requirements

• Support e-mail activation of new user accounts
• E-mail message must be I18N/localizable
• E-mail activation must be optional

Issues

No major issues to be considered.

Design

List and describe new manager methods, Struts actions, JSP pages, macros, etc.

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• New runtime properties with these defaults:
  • • user.account.activation.enabled=

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  • • false
    • user.account.activation.

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  • • mail.from=

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  • New field in UserData object and corresponding rolleruser table:

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    activationcode varchar(48)

  • New method un UserManager to retrieve user via activation code:

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  • public

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  • UserData getUserByActivationCode(String activationCode) throws RollerException;

  • Code in UserNewAction.java to generate & store activation code and send email

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