Email password -- was Classified Ads 4 Sale

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 19585
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texte = Gary Richter wrote:>I have used the classifieds Ads example that came with webcat. The only>problem I have is the click on email to send me my password and some users>thinking it is a game and clicking on all of them over and over. And then>the people who have ads screaming at me for all the password reminders they>get. Anybody come up with a solution around this?Yes. I used this idea along with some showifs to do a similar thing at mysite. They have to type in their email address, and WebDNA searches theuser database for it. If no match is found, they get a [showif] that tellsthem the email wasn't in the database, and to email me to clear things up.I built in a sendmail to send me an email including the typed-in emailaddress, username and password in browser (if any) and the IP, just so Iget an idea of who's abusing this. (So far a few people 'go fishing' but noone has legitimately used it yet.)If they do get a match, a notice comes up telling them their user name andpassword has been emailed to that email address (and I get an email too).And finally, although I do try to keep my member .db clean, if someoneshould have more than one record, and forgot the username and passwordthat's the 'active' one, a notice comes up saying that more than one recordexists, and to email me to clear it up. This covers all bases.Mail only gets sent to a valid email address in the database. It is also anencouragement in the sign up procedure to get them to input validinformation. (It's a kinky site, and some people want to hide, others wantto use phone CC numbers. But if I'm going to take their CC, they have toact like adults.)Gary, I know you're more experienced at this than I am, but if you'd likethe code just let me know. With the concept, you'll be on your own way.Anyone else, feel free to ask; I'll post it here.To check my example, go to the bottom of the Help page athttp://www.feetdreams.com. While you're at it, go through the site and letme know if it's slow, has problems, I've overlooked something, how you likeit, etc. It's been open for business for almost a month now, and seems tobe running smoothly, although I did scramble to tweak some important thingsduring the first week or so while my customers, ah, unknowingly beta testedit! You can get into the password areas with username: webcat password:alog.Terry Wilsonterryw@rainbowcreek.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Email password -- was Classified Ads 4 Sale (Terry Wilson 1998)
Email password -- was Classified Ads 4 Sale (Terry Wilson 1998)

Gary Richter wrote:>I have used the classifieds Ads example that came with webcat. The only>problem I have is the click on email to send me my password and some users>thinking it is a game and clicking on all of them over and over. And then>the people who have ads screaming at me for all the password reminders they>get. Anybody come up with a solution around this?Yes. I used this idea along with some showifs to do a similar thing at mysite. They have to type in their email address, and WebDNA searches theuser database for it. If no match is found, they get a [showif] that tellsthem the email wasn't in the database, and to email me to clear things up.I built in a sendmail to send me an email including the typed-in emailaddress, username and password in browser (if any) and the IP, just so Iget an idea of who's abusing this. (So far a few people 'go fishing' but noone has legitimately used it yet.)If they do get a match, a notice comes up telling them their user name andpassword has been emailed to that email address (and I get an email too).And finally, although I do try to keep my member .db clean, if someoneshould have more than one record, and forgot the username and passwordthat's the 'active' one, a notice comes up saying that more than one recordexists, and to email me to clear it up. This covers all bases.Mail only gets sent to a valid email address in the database. It is also anencouragement in the sign up procedure to get them to input validinformation. (It's a kinky site, and some people want to hide, others wantto use phone CC numbers. But if I'm going to take their CC, they have toact like adults.)Gary, I know you're more experienced at this than I am, but if you'd likethe code just let me know. With the concept, you'll be on your own way.Anyone else, feel free to ask; I'll post it here.To check my example, go to the bottom of the Help page athttp://www.feetdreams.com. While you're at it, go through the site and letme know if it's slow, has problems, I've overlooked something, how you likeit, etc. It's been open for business for almost a month now, and seems tobe running smoothly, although I did scramble to tweak some important thingsduring the first week or so while my customers, ah, unknowingly beta testedit! You can get into the password areas with username: webcat password:alog.Terry Wilsonterryw@rainbowcreek.com Terry Wilson

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Email password -- was Classified Ads 4 Sale

1998

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