Nope, you shouldn't make users think, a lot of them will just get confused On Oct 26, 2:45 pm, Joshua Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps we're all pushing the rock uphill when we really should be letting it > roll downhill: > > Anyone ever try doing a user registration like this: > > - Generate a mailto URL with the app as the addressee, and the subject set to > a token: > > mailto:[email protected]?subject=a9b8c7d6e5f > > - The user clicks that link, and sends the message > > - Using polling or a channel the page waits for appengine to get their email > > - When the server gets the mail, you create the registered account > > - Remind the user what email address they should use to log in, since you > know it from their email, and they might not be too clear on what their email > address really is (a frighteningly common occurrence, I've noticed) > > Thoughts? > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Tapir wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, my app has been experiencing this problem for a long time. > > Half of my app new users will not activate their accounts. > > I found some of them try to register a new account with the last just > > created account inactivated. > > So I guess they haven't received the activation mails. > > > I haven't got a efficient way to fix this problem. > > The problem is I don't know whether of not the new users have received > > the activation mails. > > There is no way to determine whether the activation mails are sent > > successfully or not. > > > I have put a obvious notification at the top of each page for > > inactivated users. > > But the rate of activated accounts is still not increased. > > > On Oct 25, 8:48 am, Rishi Arora <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have only see this thread on the > >> subject:http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/... > >> And the resolution was to move to Amazon SES or other 3rd party email > >> service providers. > > >> Anyone experienced this lately, and have any suggestions on how to avoid > >> being marked as spam? The emails I generate are mostly "email > >> confirmation" > >> type emails, where I generate a 64-byte random string to be used in URL > >> that > >> the recipient clicks on to confirm that they are the owner of the said > >> email > >> account. The email, in my case, originates from > >> [email protected], and I'm setting the reply-to field to my > >> google apps domain, which is obviously different from the GAE app domain. > >> Perhaps I should not override the "reply-to" field in the header of the > >> emails I send. This might be somewhat of an inconvenience in some cases. > > >> Thanks in advance. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
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