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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Dear list members,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I guess what I am trying to do is a pretty common task for web developers. So I am very astonished that a couple of hours spent searching the Internet didn’t provide me with a good starting point for my efforts.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Here’s what I would like to achieve:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">A user comes to a web page and enters his email address to join the fun. He gets an email with a confirmation URL that leads him back to the site where he entered his email address</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">to begin with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, he</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">then</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">gets a welcome message and is presented a request to enter a password. With his</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">mail address and the entered password he can from then on login to the protected area at any time.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">And of course users do forget their passwords, so an automatic password retrieval feature would come in handy, too.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Anybody got any good pointers where to start looking for something I can customize to my needs?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I can’t imagine I am the first or only one wanting to achieve something like the above using Catalyst. Right?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Any hints appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Daniel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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