[IRCServices] Merging...

Andrew Church achurch at achurch.org
Wed Feb 26 09:38:46 PST 2003


>When I upgraded to v5, a strategic temporary addition of email=0; to
>modules/database/version4.c served to perform the same operation.  However,
>we then found a somewhat undesired sideeffect - namely that because in v4
>days, NSDefHideEmail had been commented out - old registered users migrating
>onto v5 were duly forced to enter valid e-mail addresses - **which were then
>visible for the whole world to see on a /msg nickserv info Nickname.**

     Seeing as this can be easily changed with a /ns set hide email on
immediately after identify -> set email -> auth, and unauthed addresses
aren't visible to normal users, I don't see this as a problem.

  --Andrew Church
    achurch at achurch.org
    http://achurch.org/