Re: FN-FORUM: refer a friend systems

date posted 24th January 2007 16:01

Its useful to have the referrer and referee emails if you're offering an
incentive scheme for signups/referrals.
Otherwise you end up with no link between the two. It doesn't make much
sense to get the email for anything else, as the spam regs require
explicit opt in for mailing lists.

Best Regards

Steve



Adam Reynolds wrote:
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> Well what about a mailto link filling in subject and body information?
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> 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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