well thats not sure that the users have 15 minutes, the cron might work after 10 seconds also. :) So perhaps you can say in maximum 15 minutes the email account would be deleted.
and again, I dont know the implications of using vdeololdusers every 15 minutes when you have many many users. Perhaps unnecessary load on server? :) Evren On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Shane Chrisp wrote: > I think the following would be sufficient. > > 1. Auth the user against the database using their email/passwd > 2. Change the last auth value to a year ago. > 3. Display a message that they have until the next quarter hour > to change their mind about deleting their account, and if they > decide to keep it, to pop into their mailbox. > 4. cron the vdeloldusers to run at */15. > > Can you think of anything I have missed? > > Shane > > > > >Thats something I havent thought of also :) Yet you should > >wait until the > >vdeloldusers program is run after you set your account to be deleted. > > > >I think the best way is to run it from php by utilizing an external > >program/script which has setuid. Which double checks the > >username/password > >to be sure that the person who runs the script is the actual user. > > > >Evren > > >
