RE: Re: FN-FORUM: refer a friend systems

date posted 24th January 2007 14:12

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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