RE: FN-FORUM: refer a friend systems

date posted 24th January 2007 10:47

Tough one that - having a to/from/message form does create a potential spammers delight. Making sure users are registered before being able to refer is a good step as I assume you'll be using CAPTCHA's at the registration stage which adds an obsticle at least.

What about a flash based referral form? can they be automatically manipulated by spammers in the same way as an HTML form can?


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>I'm looking at adding one of these to a site for a client, and wondered if
>any one had any pitfalls to be aware of (and hopefully HOW they avoided
>them)
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>It seems to me that when your asking some one to add there own email
>address, a "friends" email address AND a custom message, then what your
>actually writing is a spam gateway.
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>The form WILL be locked down to registered users I hope (if I get my way)
>but even that is not enough really - on the other hand this needs to be a
>painless process, so CAPTCHAS are possibly out.
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>Any thoughts welcome.
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