Create a UUID in the database for each account, so to unsubscribe you get a link like.
Www.mysite.com/unsubscribe.cfm?code=#UUID# And in the code you compare the UUID against the one in the database. HTH Russ Michaels Macromedia/Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer CFDeveloper The free resource and community for ColdFusion developer. http://www.cfdeveloper.co.uk Join the CFDeveloper discussion lists. To subscribe send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 October 2003 15:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Encrypting passwords > > > I am writing a mailing list application and want to include a > link in all e-mails to unsubscribe. I don't want anyone to be > able to come to the site and unsubscribe an address without > having to enter a password. I don't want people to have to > enter a password if they click on a link to unsubscribe. I > don't want to include the password in the e-mail so anyone > reading it can find out the password. Basically I want to > encrypt the password in the link so that the server can > de-code the password, check it against the password in the DB > then unsubscribe the address. I know nothing about this sort > of stuff so any help much appreciated. Thanks > > Giles Roadnight > http://giles.roadnight.name > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
