> Atro appears to object to this use. I disagree. It's abusable. Your users might not be who you think they will be.
> Arguably this is less expensive than "double opt in", which is doing > a similar thing. Yes. It also returns a different category of result. > One way around that might be for the > final step be to send the applicant a copy of their completed form. > If this bounces, then you ask them to correct the address. Yup. > Of course, if they give *someone-elses* email (whether by accident > or deliberately) you have just mailed personal data to a third party People will mistype their address. Some of the typos exist. I know because I have access to some of those that do - we are in the business of spamtrapping, some of our traps are typo domains, and some of the stuff that comes in is... not bulk email. -- Atro Tossavainen, Founder, Partner Koli-Lõks OÜ (reg. no. 12815457, VAT ID EE101811635) Tallinn, Estonia tel. +372-5883-4269, http://www.koliloks.eu/ _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
