Re: Encrypting userid for email
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I have to ask why you feel the need to encrypt the cart number. This is a unique value that is generated internally to WebCatalog. It is very unlikely that a user could alter the number to hit someone else's cart number. In general, it is a bad idea to encrypt something unless you have a good reason to do so.John PeacockCharles Kline wrote: > > I was thinking about sending some emails out to a bunch of users and > including a link into the site. This link would include the userid > which I generated using [cart]. > > I want to encrypt this id and then decrypt it on a page that does a > redirect into the area of the site I want. > > I have tried this a few ways and I figure that I need to use [url] on > the encrypted userid, only this makes for a really really long url in > the email. > > Is there any other options? > > Thanks > Charles > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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I have to ask why you feel the need to encrypt the cart number. This is a unique value that is generated internally to WebCatalog. It is very unlikely that a user could alter the number to hit someone else's cart number. In general, it is a bad idea to encrypt something unless you have a good reason to do so.John PeacockCharles Kline wrote: > > I was thinking about sending some emails out to a bunch of users and > including a link into the site. This link would include the userid > which I generated using [cart]. > > I want to encrypt this id and then decrypt it on a page that does a > redirect into the area of the site I want. > > I have tried this a few ways and I figure that I need to use [url] on > the encrypted userid, only this makes for a really really long url in > the email. > > Is there any other options? > > Thanks > Charles > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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