As to your original question, the only thing that I can come up with is to either use a web based email client that only displays emails from a "trusted" address or setup a rule in your email client that deletes all mail out of your inbox that isn't trusted, but storing temporary email (in process of being trusted) into a database. Then when you send out that email asking the person to click the link, have the page that processes that get the correct email from the DB, add that address to the "trusted" list, then SMTP the email back to yourself replacing the correct to and from address (maybe add the original date and time the email was sent to the body of the message). Once the page checks this same email again, it will be known as a trusted address. You may want to add something to this page to go in and delete out mail that is say 2 weeks old from the database, that way you don't clutter it up with old spam.
That should work without having a second pop3 account. If you want to the web based client account, I have something that I was writting a while back, but had to drop it due to time constrictions. Its written in Extended Fusebox 2. There are a few small bugs, but it will help you get ahead of the game. Let me know and I will send it to you. Hope that helps... David ----- Original Message ----- From: "W Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 8:28 AM Subject: Using CF to control Spam > My inbox has become increasingly infested with spam - up to 30 a day now - > so I've been writing a small app in CF to help control it. Basically, the > robot logs into my current spam-infested inbox and checks each email against > a "trusted addresses" table in my db - if the email is from a trusted > source, it's sent to another "clean" POP. If it's potentially spam, a > message is sent to the sender and the email is quarantined in the db - if > that sender is a real person, they'll click on a link which will validate > their email address, add it to my "trusted addressbook" and deliver their > email to my clean POP. > > It works well, but it's annoying having to have another POP - can anyone > think of a better way of doing it? > > Will ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
