Re: Gaging interest/comments for an Apple 2 Snippets Library

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

Polymorph wrote:
> On Sep 11, 1:44 am, D Finnigan <dog_...@macgui.com> wrote:
> > Polymorph wrote:
> > > On Sep 10, 5:51 am, Martin Doherty <martindoherty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Anyone else not receiving the registration email? I notice there are a
> > > > > few users in the database not registered yet.
> > > > I registered about 27 hours ago and have not received the registration
> > > > email yet (including the spam folder).  I used my yahoo address.
> > > OK, well I'm baffled as to where your email went??
> > > Anyhow, I have manually activated your account, so you should be good
> > > to go.  :-)
> > > If this continues to be a problem I may have to look at alternatives.
> > > Anyone got any suggestions? I would like to keep the registration
> > > process similar to what it is so that I can keep some control on who
> > > has access to the add/edit features of the site.
> > How about not implementing a registration system until abuse starts to
> > become a problem? That's what I would do. And just in-case, you could
> > keep backups of the existing code.
>
> The trouble is, automated bots scour the web looking for sites just
> like these - I know, I've had guestbooks on previous websites that got
> flooded with spam and porn messages. I'd prefer not have to deal with
> this kind of thing again.
>
> A once of registration really isn't that painful is it?

I don't know. I just suggested it because some people were saying that 
they did not receive the email.