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qads
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need help with poll...

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hey guys,
i made a poll and it works fine, i am useing a cookie and user' ip address to block multiple votes.

the cookie can be deleted and the dail up users have a diffrenet ip address everytime, what else can i use to make sure that i don't get multiple votes?

thank you for your time and help

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Post by volka »

you may force users to create an account checked by email activation.
Maybe overkill ;)
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that's something i don't wanna do :/, hotscripts.com has done it...don't know how though...
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Post by Heavy »

qads wrote:...i am useing a cookie and user' ip address to block multiple votes.
Skip the IP address. That would be enough if you can accept the fact that some people clean their cookie jars...

How important is your poll then?
If you really want to be shure about a visitor only votes one time and never again, you'll have to create that email-activated account volka was mentioning.

Hey! People even have multiple email accounts, so you just can't be shure unless you yourself know every visitor and their email adresses and activate them manually one by one!
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it just seems pointles to me, people come to my site for 2 or maybe 3 downloads, no use in asking for a membership, no point in that, so i guess i'll have to stick with cookies and ip addresses :?

thanks for your input guys
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Post by Zeceer »

If people have so little to do, or the statement in the poll means SO MUCH to them, theres not much you can do :lol:
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Post by sweahe »

Skip the IP adress... since many people is sitting behind proxys, they all have the same IP. Just use cookies...
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