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This seems like a handy way to confirm email addresses when a user signs up to your service. If it returns false, send a regular "confirm your email" email.
by biftek 9y ago
This seems like a handy way to confirm email addresses when a user signs up to your service.
If it returns false, send a regular "confirm your email" email.
- gkoberger 9y agoFirefox's BrowserID/Persona used to do something similar. If you were logged into an email account (which supported it) and you signed up for a site (which supported it), it would auto-confirm your email. I never saw it in the wild, but the demo was awesome. I wish browsers found an easy, secure way to bake this into the product. I'd much rather a confirmation modal than having to go to your email and click a link.
- spicyj 9y agoNot a great idea since it would require trusting the client unless I'm missing something.
- Retr0spectrum 9y agoIt depends on why you're checking emails. If it's just for password recovery, for example, then it's the user's loss if they intentionally use an invalid email.
- progval 9y agoThis check only works client-side, so you can't trust it to protect against spammers.