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| 915 | 915 | </ul> |
| 916 | 916 | </dd> |
| 917 | 917 | <dt> |
| 918 | | - <p> |
| 919 | | - E-mail address authentication uses a scheme to authenticate e-mail addresses of the users. The user who initially enters or who changes his/her stored e-mail address |
| 920 | | - gets a one-time temporary password mailed to that address. The user can use the original password as long as wanted, however, the stored e-mail address |
| 921 | | - is only authenticated at the moment when the user logs in with the one-time temporary password.<p> |
| | 918 | + <p>E-mail address authentication uses a scheme to authenticate e-mail addresses of the users. The user who initially enters or changes his/her stored e-mail address |
| | 919 | + gets a link with a token mailed to that address. The stored e-mail address is authenticated at the moment the user comes back to the wiki via the link.</p> |
| 922 | 920 | |
| 923 | 921 | <p>The e-mail address stays authenticated as long as the user does not change it; the time of authentication is indicated |
| 924 | 922 | on the user preference page.</p> |