ballhogjoni Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 is there a way to eliminate people from typing in a fake email to signup for my free video? Basically I hate it when people type in asdf@asdf.com, test@test.com, etc. I know these are fake email addy's, how can I test each email for validity before I allow them to continue to the next page? My logic I am thinking of: - send an email and get a response back - query the domain Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 My logic I am thinking of: - send an email and get a response back That is a very logical way of doing it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/#findComment-452426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffin Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 querying the domain a nice article can be foune here email confirmation, you can find a bunch of tutorials on Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/#findComment-452428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorcon3 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Who cares if they're fake or not? Have em confirm their email? You should send em an email with an unique confirmation link... or wouldn't that work? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/#findComment-452429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballhogjoni Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Who cares if they're fake or not? Have em confirm their email? You should send em an email with an unique confirmation link... or wouldn't that work? True... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/#findComment-452433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorcon3 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 i guess u could also have cronjobs to delete accounts that havent been verified within a month or so... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/#findComment-452444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffin Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 depends on the route ya needs Confirmation of Emails - works if yer keeping user accts Domain checks - works but dusn verify an existing email acct Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/88401-eliminate-fake-emails-from-signing-up/#findComment-452452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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