Thanks to Valeria for sending me an invite to the Slack, I've been able
to
join and chat with the PG Slack owner (@denish, CC'd).
It turns out there's a specific page we should be sending new people for
joining the PG Slack:
https://postgres-slack.herokuapp.com
That's an app which generates invites to the PG Slack, and doesn't have
a
restriction on email address. :)
(On a semi-related note, the Go language Slack has an app for the same
thing. Seems a fairly standard approach for larger sized Slacks these
days.)
+ Justin
On 2020-12-09 23:26, Valeria Kaplan wrote:
> Apologies, I thought it was a separate button for a generic email not
> from
> the domain list.
> It might be a good idea to check with Slack admins (not sure who that
> is)
> to check what they had in mind when restricting number of domains for
> that
> channel. Will try to find out.
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 12:24 PM Valeria Kaplan <vk@dataegret.com>
> wrote:
>
>> hmm. I've probably used the Google button when first signed in.
>> and what happens if you "continue with email"?
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 12:14 PM Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2020-12-09 22:52, Dave Page wrote:
>>> > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 11:38 AM Valeria Kaplan
>>> > <kaplan.valeria@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi Justin,
>>> >>
>>> >> I was able to log in and don't have an email with either of those
>>> >> domains,
>>> >> so pretty sure it is open for all.
>>> >> There are close to 10k people on it, I doubt they all have emails with
>>> >> those domains.
>>> >
>>> > Maybe those domains just get automatically approved, whereas others are
>>> > manual.
>>>
>>> Hmmm, maybe I'm doing something wrong. Two screenshots attached, to
>>> show
>>> what I'm seeing.
>>>
>>> * 01 - the login page (for existing accounts)
>>> * 02 - the "create account" page, to create a new account
>>>
>>> The "create account" page only allows specific domains, though it has
>>> a
>>> note to "Contact the workspace administrator at Postgres for an
>>> invitation."
>>> for all others. With no actual link to contact info for the
>>> workspace
>>> admin. ;)
>>>
>>> Hmmm, it does have a "Continue with Google" button though, so I guess
>>> Google users are able to login too? For me, that's not going to work
>>> as
>>> Google locked me out of my account when I moved from the UK to
>>> Australia. :/
>>>
>>> Note that this isn't urgent nor important in any way, I was more
>>> checking
>>> the Slack out of curiosity and for general awareness. :)
>>>
>>> + Justin