Proposal: Account activation via email

Status	Implemented in trunk
Target Release	4.0
Original Authors	Sedat Çiftçi, Dave Johnson

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.

New runtime properties with these defaults:
- user.account.activation.enabled=false
- user.account.activation.mail.from=
New field in UserData object and corresponding rolleruser table:
activationcode varchar(48)

New method un UserManager to retrieve user via activation code:

    public UserData getUserByActivationCode(String activationCode) throws RollerException;

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

Comments

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