If your site currently allows users to send E-mails directly via the
site, you might want to introduce a buffer that logs all E-mails to
send to a database table, then processes that table on a background
thread using a scheduled task. On that background thread you can do
analysis before sending
I had that problem.. and the danger is that if there is too much
spam, the sellers will leave your site and go elsewhere because it
isn't worth thier time.. so you need to stop it.
What I did was set up a system where the form submission saves the
email to a database and a human has to
On 2/9/10, Rick King wrote:
I have a site I built where people can sell their used wedding dresses.
Lately, I'm getting a ton of fraud attempts from the site. Basically,
Someone will use the site to contact the seller of an item, and attempt to
fraud them out of their money (bad checks,
Thanks guys, some good ideas here.
Yep, that is exactly what is happening. Sellers are getting tired of receiving
so many fraudulent emails, they're starting to go to other sites. 2/3 ratio
sounds about right.
I was hoping to avoid implementing some sort of manual/human intervention of
the
If you are allowing users to send the emails from the site, are you
requiring sign-in before sending? If so, it would seem you should
have total control over who is sending, how many they can send, etc.
If you aren't requiring sign-in, then implement that first. On
sign-in, set a flag that
No, currently you do not need to sign in to send an email to a seller, you only
need to sign in to list your item. I was thinking it might discourage
legitimate buyers from contacting sellers. Another idea to consider though...
Legitimate buyers won't object to logging in. Allowing your site to
be used to send email without any screening of the sender is an
invitation to disaster.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Rick King kingrick...@hotmail.com wrote:
No, currently you do not need to sign in to send an email to a
Hey guys,
I have a site I built where people can sell their used wedding dresses. Lately,
I'm getting a ton of fraud attempts from the site. Basically, Someone will use
the site to contact the seller of an item, and attempt to fraud them out of
their money (bad checks, paying more money
Is there any way to allow a single email address (providing
the sender's email is required to contact the seller and
submit the form) to only send 3 emails per hour? At least
this would cut down on the volume of fraud attempts.
Hi Rick, I would create a logging table and log the e-mail
OK, I think I can figure that out. Thanks for the recommendation!
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