Re: [chairs] SPAM

[Matthew MacKenzie <mattm@adobe.com>]

Kavi probably uses MySQL as a back end, and MySQL can have auto-increment columns.

ALTER TABLE ...

You would end up with a unique number then.

-Matt

On Apr 13, 2004, at 12:33 PM, Eve L. Maler wrote:

> I had been assuming that the Slashdot email-obscuring mechanism was automatic, though I can understand your lack of interest in it if it's not automatic...
>
> Does the OASIS identifier idea mean that ordinary OASIS members won't be able to look at the archive and figure out how to contact someone who wrote a particular mail message?  That would be a real shame.
>
> Eve
>
> Karl F. Best wrote:
>
> > David:
> > I like the idea. It would require a bit of extra processing for each message to match the sender with the Kavi database. The big problem, though, is that we don't have membership numbers; the "key" or unique identifier in the database is the email address.
> > But this might have some merit anyway. We'll think about what might be possible.
> > -Karl
>
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