Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Matt Williams
Another idea: Use a temporary table to store the data including a timestamp. When they verify their address, you move data from temp table to permanent table. You could also set up a scheduled task to delete data from the temp table that is older than x days/hours. On 4/3/06, Ken [EMAIL

RE: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Adrian Lynch
Most things are possible but you seem to be making an awful lot of extra work for yourself doing it this way. Just put a record in the DB and flag it at inactive till they confirm via the email. If you're worried about the number of inactive entries, use a time stamp to expire them after a period

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Ken said: Hi. I am trying to force a Email Confirmation for new user registrations on my site. The user Enters only basic info on the website, First Name, Last Name, Email Address. Then they should be taken to a page that stops them from going ahead until they click a link in the email.

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Ken
I like the Expiring record idea. But apart from making a scheduled task delete all invalid accounts, is there any setting in SQL Server 2000 to expire a db record automatically on a expiration date? On 4/3/06, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most things are possible but you seem to be

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Ken
Hi Jochem. Can you tell me more about the RFC 3098, and how I will be not meeting the standard? Thanks, Ken On 4/3/06, Jochem van Dieten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken said: Hi. I am trying to force a Email Confirmation for new user registrations on my site. The user Enters only basic info

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Rob Wilkerson
I assume this is the RFC to which Jochem was referring. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3098.html On 4/3/06, Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jochem. Can you tell me more about the RFC 3098, and how I will be not meeting the standard? Thanks, Ken On 4/3/06, Jochem van Dieten [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Adrian Lynch
Not that I know of, but SQL Server can automat tasks with a Job, it's version of a scheduled task. Adrian -Original Message- From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2006 16:50 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Creating double confirm I like the Expiring record idea. But apart from

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Ken
: Not that I know of, but SQL Server can automat tasks with a Job, it's version of a scheduled task. Adrian -Original Message- From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2006 16:50 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Creating double confirm I like the Expiring record idea. But apart from

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Thomas Chiverton
On Monday 03 April 2006 17:07, Ken wrote: Ok. Lets say I am sending an encrypted string in a url, using Encrypt function. Which of these algorithms should I yse: CFMX_COMPAT, AES, BLOWFISH, DES, DESEDE What is your threat and attack profile (how much money have they got ? are they willing to

RE: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Munson, Jacob
-Original Message- From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:07 AM Ok. Lets say I am sending an encrypted string in a url, using Encrypt function. Which of these algorithms should I yse: CFMX_COMPAT, AES, BLOWFISH, DES, DESEDE Also, please tell which

Re: Creating double confirm

2006-04-03 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Ken wrote: Hi Jochem. Can you tell me more about the RFC 3098, and how I will be not meeting the standard? http://www.google.nl/search?q=rfc+3098 To protect from slanderers (people that report you as a spammer even though they did ask for the email) you should keep a record of every