>> I have a Forgot my password page where the user enters his/her email.
>> How can I prevent someone from entering different email addresses trying
>> to guess them or spamming my users?
>> 
>> Is there like an IP-based time expiring strategy you would suggest?
> 
> You might be able to stash the fact that the user requested a reset in the 
> session, and only allow it to happen once per session. They'd have to quit 
> their browser or whatever to do it a second time.


Or implement a captcha...

I wouldn't do IP-based since you could potentially "block" and entire office or 
any large group behind a firewall...

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