Re: I figured it out

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22980
interpreted = N
texte = >>It seems if webcat comes up to a invalid email address it gets stuck in a >>loop. This is the header of the actual eMail that it is trying to process: >> >>apcsales@elink.net >>xxxxxxxxx >>Web Catalog Order >> >>The xxxxxxxx screw up everything. I deleted the orders with this as the >>eMail address and the rest were sent successfully. >>How do I get around this and stop it from happening. > >Do some data-validation before processing the code that creates the e-mail. >We check to verify that the field is not blank and that it contains an @ >symbol. If that data fails, you can, at your discretion, make the user >input a valid address, or simply not send the email.Once you've done that, you can also send a message to that address with a purchase authorization code number in it, then instruct them in that message to return to your website and enter that code number in order to continue with their purchase. That way, you know for a fact that they have entered their real email address ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: I figured it out (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  2. Re: I figured it out (Luke Melia 1999)
  3. I figured it out (APC Net 1999)
>>It seems if webcat comes up to a invalid email address it gets stuck in a >>loop. This is the header of the actual eMail that it is trying to process: >> >>apcsales@elink.net >>xxxxxxxxx >>Web Catalog Order >> >>The xxxxxxxx screw up everything. I deleted the orders with this as the >>eMail address and the rest were sent successfully. >>How do I get around this and stop it from happening. > >Do some data-validation before processing the code that creates the e-mail. >We check to verify that the field is not blank and that it contains an @ >symbol. If that data fails, you can, at your discretion, make the user >input a valid address, or simply not send the email.Once you've done that, you can also send a message to that address with a purchase authorization code number in it, then instruct them in that message to return to your website and enter that code number in order to continue with their purchase. That way, you know for a fact that they have entered their real email address ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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