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Originally Posted by gaming_mouse
so would the reg-link be determined by IP addy, so that they could only get one valid reg link per IP that they had?
The idea would be to have a link which looks like
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http://example.com/register?check=[random code]
[random_code] would be a randomly generated hash that is also added to the users cookie.
When the user opens the 'registration' page, the 'check' parameter is tested for a) uniqueness and b) against the value in the user's cookie. If either a or b fail then the user is likely to be a bot.
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Originally Posted by Gullanian
That's a cool idea hadn't thought of that, I would be a little nervous implementing something like that though in case people share registration links, but if you're inundated with spam it could be an idea
This would def be an issue, but I guess you could always fall back on a CAPTCHA if the checks fail.