Email Validity
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Email Validity
In the email system I have on my website, I get loads of spam from fake emails because there isn't an email authentication set. How do I go about setting this up?
- Kaleb Klein
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Re: Email Validity
Are you refering to something similar to 'CAPTCHA' or a way to see if an email address exists?Pazuzu156 wrote:I get loads of spam from fake emails because there isn't an email authentication set.
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Re: Email Validity
CAPTCHA is later for me :p.. No I'm looking to see if the e-mail they provide currently exists.
- Kaleb Klein
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Re: Email Validity
I have no idea how to do this but here is two url's that you might find useful, HTH.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5655 ... g-an-email & http://www.expertcore.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&p=1531
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5655 ... g-an-email & http://www.expertcore.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&p=1531
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Re: Email Validity
I am getting loads of spam from unknown emails because there is no email authentication set..
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Re: Email Validity
You shouldn't ever require to actually validate on the users server whether the email exists or not. In fact, there may be valid configurations which will deny such probing, or reroute to specific addresses.
Your best bet is to simply send an email to the email address with a confirmation link. If the email does not exist, then no confirmation link.
Again, there are ways to circumvent this (by trapping all emails on said server into a single pipe), but then again you would still want to implement a captcha to reduce automated requests in general.
Your best bet is to simply send an email to the email address with a confirmation link. If the email does not exist, then no confirmation link.
Again, there are ways to circumvent this (by trapping all emails on said server into a single pipe), but then again you would still want to implement a captcha to reduce automated requests in general.
Re: Email Validity
How would I go about implementing a captcha in because I want to eliminate the spam populating in my inbox and my guestbook from computer generated posts.
- Kaleb Klein
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Web Developer | Software Developer
https://kalebklein.com
PGP Key: https://keybase.io/pazuzu156
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Web Developer | Software Developer
https://kalebklein.com
PGP Key: https://keybase.io/pazuzu156