Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-07 Thread Brian F. Yulga
shawn wilson wrote: On Mar 7, 2011 11:37 AM, "Brandon McCaig" wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Ramprasad Prasad > wrote: >> 1) Create a hash of aliases for frequently used domains and their >> typos For eg gmaill.com => gmail.com hotmal.com => hotmail.com >> etc >> >> when I get

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Mar 7, 2011 11:37 AM, "Brandon McCaig" wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Ramprasad Prasad wrote: > > 1) Create a hash of aliases for frequently used domains and their typos > > For eg > > gmaill.com => gmail.com > > hotmal.com => hotmail.com > > etc > > > > when I get the email id

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-07 Thread Brandon McCaig
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Ramprasad Prasad wrote: > 1) Create a hash of aliases for frequently used domains and their typos > For eg >  gmaill.com => gmail.com >  hotmal.com =>  hotmail.com > etc > > when I get the email id  with these typos , I will prompt the user for > correction  , If ac

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-07 Thread Brandon McCaig
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:49 AM, shawn wilson wrote: > they want. If this is for password rests, try getting their phone number and > carrier name and using the carrier's email to sms gateway. You seem to be assuming that every user will have a mobile phone. :-X That seems like a poor assumption t

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-07 Thread Ramprasad Prasad
Now, the other part is the psychology on your end. What the hell is the > point of maintaining an email database that you're afraid people have > entered spam bot triggering emails into? You're either going to end up > sending to it eventually or you're asking your users (and us) to give you > inf

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-06 Thread shawn wilson
On Mar 5, 2011 1:54 AM, "Ramprasad Prasad" wrote: > > I have a web form where people sign up for updates by filling in their email > address > > A lot of users end up not receiving the confirmation mailer because of typos > in the email id > Like yhaoo.com or hotmaill.com > > I would like to promp

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-06 Thread terry peng
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:23:49 +0530 письмо от Ramprasad Prasad : > I have a web form where people sign up for updates by filling in their email > address > > A lot of users end up not receiving the confirmation mailer because of typos > in the email id > Like yhaoo.com or hotmaill.com > MaxMind

Re: Fwd: Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-05 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 01:33:02PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Ramprasad sent me this message in private by accident. sending to the list. > What I wanted to do was create a list of possible typos by people on the > large mail domains like yahoo , hotmail etc Perhaps you want something like Text

Fwd: Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-05 Thread Shlomi Fish
Ramprasad sent me this message in private by accident. sending to the list. ===> Shlomi Fish -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Auto correction of typos Date: Saturday 05 Mar 2011, 13:25:48 From: Ramprasad Prasad To: Shlomi Fish On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Shlomi F

Re: Auto correction of typos

2011-03-05 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Ramprasad, On Saturday 05 Mar 2011 08:53:49 Ramprasad Prasad wrote: > I have a web form where people sign up for updates by filling in their > email address > > A lot of users end up not receiving the confirmation mailer because of > typos in the email id > Like yhaoo.com or hotmaill.com > >