Does anyone have an idea how we can verify that users are still in possession of their original email address? Our usecase is that we allow access based on their employer’s domain. If people leave their employer, they will still have access to our Discourse install. This could be a compliancy issue…

[image] Bas: verify that users are still in possession of their original email address You can use the “deactivate” button in the admin panel to force a specific user to re-validate their email address. If you want to automate the process we have this plugin: https://github.com/discourse/di…

How many employers are there? Could they let you know somehow?

[image] david: You can use the “deactivate” button in the admin panel to force a specific user to re-validate their email address. Yeah, that’s the route I was going to take. Feels a bit hostile, but might be needed once a year or so. [image] david: If you want to automate the process we…

Establish current ownership of email?

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Bas (Bas van Leeuwen) April 9, 2019, 9:54am 4

Yeah, that’s the route I was going to take. Feels a bit hostile, but might be needed once a year or so.

Fantastic! We can modify that one re-authenticate all

More than 100, it’s not practical unfortunately.

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Establish current ownership of email?

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