TripIt FlyerTalk group?
Oct 18, 2010, 3:52 pm
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TripIt FlyerTalk group?
It would be nice to have a TripIt FlyerTalk group to share our travel plans automatically on.
It would require us to share a domain where we can receive a confirmation email. To limit spamming risks, we can limit it to mails with a whitelist (tripit.com only uses a handful of outbound mail servers). Email could be of the form [email protected].
It would require us to share a domain where we can receive a confirmation email. To limit spamming risks, we can limit it to mails with a whitelist (tripit.com only uses a handful of outbound mail servers). Email could be of the form [email protected].
Oct 18, 2010, 9:06 pm
#2
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TripIt FlyerTalk Group
Agreed. My favorite Android travel app.
Oct 18, 2010, 9:46 pm
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Wirelessly posted (iPad : BlackBerry9650/5.0.0.810 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/104)
I use it on blackberry and love it.
I use it on blackberry and love it.
Oct 20, 2010, 11:22 am
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Setting up a TripIt Group
Hi, Angie from TripIt here. I wanted to reach out to you and let you know that it would indeed be quite easy for you to set up a Flyer Talk Group on TripIt.
As Arthur says in his post above, anyone who wanted to join the group would just need to have an active email on a single unique domain. Once you have that domain set up, just request that a Group be created for you, and we'll do the rest!
To request a new Group for your email domain, go to: http://www.tripit.com/group/join
If you have any questions or need help with this, feel free to contact me directly at angie at tripit dot com.
As Arthur says in his post above, anyone who wanted to join the group would just need to have an active email on a single unique domain. Once you have that domain set up, just request that a Group be created for you, and we'll do the rest!
To request a new Group for your email domain, go to: http://www.tripit.com/group/join
If you have any questions or need help with this, feel free to contact me directly at angie at tripit dot com.
Oct 20, 2010, 11:43 am
#5
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I love this idea! I've used TripIt both on my computer and iPhone for the last year or so.
My company has a TripIt group, as does my grad school. I think it would be great to have a Flyertalk group. Has anyone taken this idea to a moderator, Talk Group, or anyone else on FT?
My company has a TripIt group, as does my grad school. I think it would be great to have a Flyertalk group. Has anyone taken this idea to a moderator, Talk Group, or anyone else on FT?
Oct 20, 2010, 1:16 pm
#6
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Hi, Angie from TripIt here. I wanted to reach out to you and let you know that it would indeed be quite easy for you to set up a Flyer Talk Group on TripIt.
As Arthur says in his post above, anyone who wanted to join the group would just need to have an active email on a single unique domain. Once you have that domain set up, just request that a Group be created for you, and we'll do the rest!
To request a new Group for your email domain, go to: http://www.tripit.com/group/join
If you have any questions or need help with this, feel free to contact me directly at angie at tripit dot com.
As Arthur says in his post above, anyone who wanted to join the group would just need to have an active email on a single unique domain. Once you have that domain set up, just request that a Group be created for you, and we'll do the rest!
To request a new Group for your email domain, go to: http://www.tripit.com/group/join
If you have any questions or need help with this, feel free to contact me directly at angie at tripit dot com.
SanDiego1K
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Oct 21, 2010, 6:50 am
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So, how to get this working on the FT side?
I'm sure many people have the required skills to implement that, otherwise, I have some postfix-fu to offer.
I'm sure many people have the required skills to implement that, otherwise, I have some postfix-fu to offer.
Oct 21, 2010, 1:17 pm
#8
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I'll bring it up on the TalkBoard & see if there's any thoughts there...
Oct 25, 2010, 3:57 pm
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A challenge with this being FT related would be liability of marketing/partnering with an external site & even costs associated with an FT email address. Not sure it'll fly right now...
Oct 26, 2010, 1:53 am
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It's not really a partnering.. It's on the same level as forming a linkedin group of flyertalkers..
As for email, it needs not be a real email, only something that can receive a verification link from specific sources. It's just that's the only way of authentication that tripit uses for groups.
As for email, it needs not be a real email, only something that can receive a verification link from specific sources. It's just that's the only way of authentication that tripit uses for groups.
Oct 26, 2010, 4:57 pm
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It's not really a partnering.. It's on the same level as forming a linkedin group of flyertalkers..
As for email, it needs not be a real email, only something that can receive a verification link from specific sources. It's just that's the only way of authentication that tripit uses for groups.
As for email, it needs not be a real email, only something that can receive a verification link from specific sources. It's just that's the only way of authentication that tripit uses for groups.
Oct 26, 2010, 5:02 pm
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I would host the email forwarding service for it if wanted. We'd just need to register a domain, then everybody could setup an email @ that domain that forwards to their real email, and we'd all be in the same picture.
I doubt that they want everybody having an @flyertalk.com email address though.
I doubt that they want everybody having an @flyertalk.com email address though.
Oct 26, 2010, 5:13 pm
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gmail.com or yahoo.com wouldn't work. It has to be tripit specific domain, from which every user is recognized as a flyertalker.
I could set up an unofficial tripitusersfromflyertalk.com without needing any cooperation from flyertalk but then there wouldn't be any simple way for flyertalkers to confirm their flyertalk membership.
The simplest way to implement it on the flyertalk side would be to allow for a special robot account to be able to PM users with their tripit verification link. The robot would collect mails sent to [email protected] (and filtering any mail not coming from tripit) and forward it to the appropriate user.
I could do this.
I could set up an unofficial tripitusersfromflyertalk.com without needing any cooperation from flyertalk but then there wouldn't be any simple way for flyertalkers to confirm their flyertalk membership.
The simplest way to implement it on the flyertalk side would be to allow for a special robot account to be able to PM users with their tripit verification link. The robot would collect mails sent to [email protected] (and filtering any mail not coming from tripit) and forward it to the appropriate user.
I could do this.
Oct 26, 2010, 7:01 pm
#14
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gmail.com or yahoo.com wouldn't work. It has to be tripit specific domain, from which every user is recognized as a flyertalker.
I could set up an unofficial tripitusersfromflyertalk.com without needing any cooperation from flyertalk but then there wouldn't be any simple way for flyertalkers to confirm their flyertalk membership.
The simplest way to implement it on the flyertalk side would be to allow for a special robot account to be able to PM users with their tripit verification link. The robot would collect mails sent to [email protected] (and filtering any mail not coming from tripit) and forward it to the appropriate user.
I could do this.
I could set up an unofficial tripitusersfromflyertalk.com without needing any cooperation from flyertalk but then there wouldn't be any simple way for flyertalkers to confirm their flyertalk membership.
The simplest way to implement it on the flyertalk side would be to allow for a special robot account to be able to PM users with their tripit verification link. The robot would collect mails sent to [email protected] (and filtering any mail not coming from tripit) and forward it to the appropriate user.
I could do this.
Oct 27, 2010, 1:40 pm
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Actually the HOM is a partner of TripIt (Scott Hinz, one of the co-founders and I have known each other for a very long time and we supply some of the technology for their Pro version) so let me chat with Scott to see what ideas could be created to make this work. I'll actually be seeing him within the month at a trade show so let me see.