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The email address you enter won't matter. Just put in any valid email address you want and then visit http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email= http://sale.

by Sephr 16y ago

The email address you enter won't matter. Just put in any valid email address you want and then visit http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email= http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email= with the email address you entered appended to the end.

jackowayed 16y ago
In that vein, http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email=foo%40bar.com http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email=foo%40bar.com is now a direct download link :)
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NathanKP 16y ago
Their email address validator is broken anyway. It doesn't support host names with subdomains such as foobar@foo.bar.org At least it supports addresses such as foo.bar@foobar.org
- username3 16y ago
  And foo.bar+sitepoint@foobar.org.
thinkbohemian 16y ago
Thanks for the info, just don't forget that you can always use a disposable email address!!! (ah-hem whyspam.me)
roel_v 16y ago
I guess I'm not making myself popular with saying this, but why is it that when somebody offers something for free you still find yourself compelled to subvert the one thing they ask from you? They give you something you (supposedly) value yet you still try to screw these people out of something that costs you very little. I guess you're going to whine about spam now, but come on, do you really think these people are trawling email addresses for viagra spam by giving away jquery ebooks? And if (I don't know if they will, just if) they ever send you an email, you click the unsubscribe link and off you go. I'd say that this is a small price to pay for (again) something that has at least some value to you. (This has become a pet peeve of mine since we started offering a free tool that is valuable to many people and for which the commercial alternatives cost thousands of dollars. We ask name and affiliation to get a feel for our user base, people who usually just download and are never heard from again. Most people just fill it in, but every now and then there's some smartass who feels it's necessary to fill in "asdfasdf". I don't do email address validation either, I know it's impossible to check anyway. Show a little respect for what others are GIVING you for FREE).
- sdh 16y ago
  Your definition of FREE is way off. Having worked for online marketing companies for years, I can tell you that exchanging your email address for something is far from free. You are essentially signup up for a never ending deluge of spam. Of course, not everyone who asks for your email address is going to sell it to spammers, but enough are that it merits caution.
  - roel_v 16y ago
    Fine if you want to play semantic games, let's say it's not free because they require your email address. How does that make it OK to provide a fake one? The deal is: you get the ebook in return for your email address. Either you take it or leave it, you don't take what is offered and then return nothing. The level of denial and cognitive dissonance in your answer is mind boggling, how can you justify what is plainly breaking your end of the deal on an offer that is already very reasonable?

by Sephr 16y ago

jackowayed 16y ago

In that vein, http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email=foo%40bar.com http://sale.sitepoint.com/claimpdf.php?email=foo%40bar.com is now a direct download link :)

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NathanKP 16y ago

Their email address validator is broken anyway. It doesn't support host names with subdomains such as foobar@foo.bar.org At least it supports addresses such as foo.bar@foobar.org

username3 16y ago
And foo.bar+sitepoint@foobar.org.

thinkbohemian 16y ago

Thanks for the info, just don't forget that you can always use a disposable email address!!! (ah-hem whyspam.me)

roel_v 16y ago

I guess I'm not making myself popular with saying this, but why is it that when somebody offers something for free you still find yourself compelled to subvert the one thing they ask from you? They give you something you (supposedly) value yet you still try to screw these people out of something that costs you very little. I guess you're going to whine about spam now, but come on, do you really think these people are trawling email addresses for viagra spam by giving away jquery ebooks? And if (I don't know if they will, just if) they ever send you an email, you click the unsubscribe link and off you go. I'd say that this is a small price to pay for (again) something that has at least some value to you. (This has become a pet peeve of mine since we started offering a free tool that is valuable to many people and for which the commercial alternatives cost thousands of dollars. We ask name and affiliation to get a feel for our user base, people who usually just download and are never heard from again. Most people just fill it in, but every now and then there's some smartass who feels it's necessary to fill in "asdfasdf". I don't do email address validation either, I know it's impossible to check anyway. Show a little respect for what others are GIVING you for FREE).

sdh 16y ago
Your definition of FREE is way off. Having worked for online marketing companies for years, I can tell you that exchanging your email address for something is far from free. You are essentially signup up for a never ending deluge of spam. Of course, not everyone who asks for your email address is going to sell it to spammers, but enough are that it merits caution.
- roel_v 16y ago
  Fine if you want to play semantic games, let's say it's not free because they require your email address. How does that make it OK to provide a fake one? The deal is: you get the ebook in return for your email address. Either you take it or leave it, you don't take what is offered and then return nothing. The level of denial and cognitive dissonance in your answer is mind boggling, how can you justify what is plainly breaking your end of the deal on an offer that is already very reasonable?