There's an issue in pgarchives with auth when using PUBLIC_ARCHIVES=True.
Even in public archives mode, auth is necessary as an antispam feature for downloading mbox, raw messages etc.
However, in public archives mode, auth is not loaded, except when setting ALLOW_RESEND=True. But that variable has a
differentpurpose and the semantics is unclear.
Several solutions exist:
- adding a variable in settings to allow auth for these purposes
- always loading auth. This is the solution I used in attached patch.
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Célestin Matte