Email submission.
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:19 pm
I am at the early stages of a new project and have a few questions.
At this stage all I am doing is collecting user's email addresses that may be interested in using the system.
Firstly a page describes the system, the user is then given the opportunity to submit their email address with the intention of contacting them once enough users have submitted their email address.
Secondly the user is then given the opportunity to refer friends by entering their email addresses which are used to send an invitation email to them.
What I want to know is what security concerns would this system have that I should be aware of so I can make some attempt to avoid the system being misused?
The way I initially intended on implementing this is as I have described above. Once the required number of users have submitted their email address they will be sent a second mail linking them back to the site where they will be given more complete information about the system, if they still want to use the system they will then be required to complete a traditional registration.
Would it be more efficient to require the users to register in the beginning before any emails are sent to themselves or as referals?
Thanks
rj
At this stage all I am doing is collecting user's email addresses that may be interested in using the system.
Firstly a page describes the system, the user is then given the opportunity to submit their email address with the intention of contacting them once enough users have submitted their email address.
Secondly the user is then given the opportunity to refer friends by entering their email addresses which are used to send an invitation email to them.
What I want to know is what security concerns would this system have that I should be aware of so I can make some attempt to avoid the system being misused?
The way I initially intended on implementing this is as I have described above. Once the required number of users have submitted their email address they will be sent a second mail linking them back to the site where they will be given more complete information about the system, if they still want to use the system they will then be required to complete a traditional registration.
Would it be more efficient to require the users to register in the beginning before any emails are sent to themselves or as referals?
Thanks
rj