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need help with poll...

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 6:47 am
by qads
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

- Qads

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 9:06 am
by volka
you may force users to create an account checked by email activation.
Maybe overkill ;)

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 10:26 am
by qads
that's something i don't wanna do :/, hotscripts.com has done it...don't know how though...

Re: need help with poll...

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 2:23 pm
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!

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 8:35 am
by qads
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

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 10:31 am
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:

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2002 5:19 pm
by sweahe
Skip the IP adress... since many people is sitting behind proxys, they all have the same IP. Just use cookies...