Re: [OT] 'Email this story to a friend'
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 49311
interpreted = N
texte = Dan Strong wrote: > Client wants me to implement the 'email this story to a friend' function > on their websites. No problem in accomplishing it, however, my SPAM > alert is going off real loud... > You are right to be concerned. This is a major source of spam. Impress upon them that it _will_ get abused and they _will_ get blacklisted as a result.> > I thought I could send an email back to the specified FROM address and > require them to click a link (and thus verify themselves as the > sender)... but Yahoo! just sends a note along with the story that says > Email address has not been verifiedThis is the correct way to handle it; send them an e-mail with a link to the cart that stores the destination address. I don't know what you are talking about WRT Yahoo...John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Dan Strong wrote: > Client wants me to implement the 'email this story to a friend' function > on their websites. No problem in accomplishing it, however, my SPAM > alert is going off real loud... > You are right to be concerned. This is a major source of spam. Impress upon them that it _will_ get abused and they _will_ get blacklisted as a result.> > I thought I could send an email back to the specified FROM address and > require them to click a link (and thus verify themselves as the > sender)... but Yahoo! just sends a note along with the story that says > Email address has not been verifiedThis is the correct way to handle it; send them an e-mail with a link to the cart that stores the destination address. I don't know what you are talking about WRT Yahoo...John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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