Re: FN-FORUM: refer a friend systems

date posted 24th January 2007 15:44

Well what about a mailto link filling in subject and body information?

I just never use those refer a friend things. (could be personal
choice). If I want somebody to see something. I'll email the link.

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[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Obviously you're not suggesting 'Webmetric' would do anything underhand with the email addresses people enter, are you ;)
>
> If you're looking to build an audience for your site and spread the word, a referal system is a very good way. People are lazy and if you provide them with a quick, simple way of telling their friends they're more likely to do so. Good marketing IMO.
>
>
>
>> I never understood those. What friend would supply your email address to
>> somebody's site. That's what I call a 'wanker' and not a friend of mine.
>>
>> To be honest if you want people to become involved with your clients
>> site, provide a referral scheme/system or just ask them to recommend the
>> site to their friends.
>>
>> I mean these days my email client fills in the email address. All I type
>> in is Fred Bloggs and it pulls up the possibilities. I wouldn't actually
>> know their email address.
>>
>> If I like something I will Email/MSN/Skype it to relevant people. I have
>> no wish to ever provide a site with other people's email addresses.
>> There's enough spam in the world as it is.
>>
>> Bill Westhead wrote:
>>
>>> Two tips:
>>>
>>> 1. sanitise the email addresses; ensure that only a single address is
>>> entered and no newlines/line feeds are used to force through bcc:
>>> addresses
>>> 2. make sure the custom message is only a small part of the overall
>>> email, ensure it is only plain text, or omit it completely
>>>
>>> Also, monitor emails sent through the form, either cc an admin address
>>> or log to a DB, then you can see if the form is being abused and act
>>> if necessary.
>>>
>>> NEVER allow a subject to be entered, this is just too easy to abuse.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Safehex.
>>>
>>> On 24 Jan 2007 11:11:22 -0000, webmetric [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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)
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts welcome.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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