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"early tests indicate that they don't actually do that, waiting for the user to click the email to make the request."
by ben0x539 13y ago
"early tests indicate that they don't actually do that, waiting for the user to click the email to make the request."
- DannyBee 13y agoIt'd be nice to see these "early tests".
- vilhelm_s 13y agoYou can easily try it yourself. python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 creates a webserver serving the current directory, you can then create an email linking to a file in that directory and observe when it gets queried.
- natch 13y agoEasily is a bit of a stretch, because most users are on NAT setups and they would need to go into their router settings and know how to set them up to allow the external request to get through. So, yeah easily if (a big if) you know how to do that, or if (another big if) you are on a machine that is directly visible on teh interwebs.
- nathancahill 13y agoEasy to do with ngrok.
- natch 13y agoThat's not the point though. The point is most users don't have the knowhow.