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Re: visiting E-mail addresses
****** message to minivend-users from Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com> ******
So you're wondering about getting a visitors' email address without the user
entering it explicitly? I don't think that you can. :-(
At 08:44 AM 5/21/99 , Barry Treahy wrote:
>
> I do capture and save the addresses when people register in the system, but
> that is a completely different problem that could also benefit from gleaned
> addresses because people sometimes 'fat-finger' their e-mail address and
> therefore do not receive their receipts properly...
>
> Yes, I do know that this could be misused and contribute to SPAM.  That is
> not my intent since the many of the customers we work with have zero
> tolerance for it, but I'm attempting to deal with a quality of service.
>
> I do know that NS often defaults to sending the person's e-mail address
as an
> anonymous FTP password, but I really don't want to go that route.
>
> Thanks Jason.
>
> Barry
>
> Jason Korkin wrote:
>>
>>  That would be a major security hole... creating mass spam! :-)  I remember
>> way back when Mosaic was around there was an enviroment variable
>> $ENV{BROWSER_EMAIL} or something like that...  its not around anymore
>> though. I'd suggest using a cookie, and then have the user create an
>> account, cacheing the users email address...
>>
>>     Jason Korkin.
>>  
>>
>> Barry Treahy wrote:
>>>
>>> ******    message to minivend-users from Barry Treahy
<treahy@mmaz.com>    
>>> ******
>>>
>>> Is there anything in the IE & NS DOM where using MV and/or Jscript &
>>> JavaScript I can pickout the persons e-mail address?  We provide on-line
>>> requests for catalogs and ordering having that address to be able to
>>> contact the individual at a later time would be nice (ie. we had a
>>> malfunction where a couple visitors received incorrect information and
>>> it would be nice to be able to correct that...)
>>>
>>> Barry
>>>
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