mozilla/browserid — Issue #577: Inconsistent messages displayed when sending confirmation emails
Author: ioanab
Created: 2011-11-15 13:22:17+00:00
State: open

OS: All
Browser: All

The following message is displayed when sending a confirmation email from the client by clicking "verify email" or "reset password":
"We sent a confirmation email to
To finish signing in just click the verify link we sent to your email address.
If this is a mistake, cancel this email."

When clicking the same buttons from https://diresworb.org, the following message is displayed:
"A confirmation email has been sent to you at . Check it!"

For consistency reasons, the user should either be offered the option to cancel the email from both sides or from none of them.
Considering that the email cannot actually be canceled, perhaps it would be better if "If this is a mistake, cancel this email." would be replaced by a message that lets the user know that if he made a mistake he can just ignore the email and go on with his normal sign in process (this message should be displayed in both cases, for the same reasons).

It would be optimal if the whole message would be the same.