''Thank You for subscribing please verify your email address''

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I have set up an Autoresponder and its not half bad but although I can set up an subscription box/e.t.c. the ONLY thing missing is a way to add some 'extra' code to my AR code ( I have no idea how to) so my new subscriber/s receive their first email stating below:

''Thank You for subscribing please verify your email address''
please click to verify
2354568798989090-0-0-=889-0=-=890-9890-0 (example)

I would appreciate any help on these matters plus a possibility of paying someone (small fee) to help out...

Cheers
razor64
#address #email #subscribing #verify
  • Profile picture of the author AndrewStark
    This is the very reason why I pay my monthly fee to aweber.

    They give you the html that you just cut & paste onto your pages, or intergrate into the signup process of your membership site.
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    • Profile picture of the author razor64
      Thanks for reply

      thats just it though $26 a month (aweber) out of my reach always has been! I dont work!

      Cheers
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      • Profile picture of the author petevamp
        Originally Posted by razor64 View Post

        Thanks for reply

        thats just it though $26 a month (aweber) out of my reach always has been! I dont work!

        Cheers
        I am pretty sure the program you are using as an ar as far as I know you just have to set it up as a double opt in and it will do the work for you. If you have a website and you know you can make say just 20 a month right now which is very easy to do starting off. Your aweber paid for itself. Now I must ask how did you afford the host and domain if you can not afford the 19 a month aweber would cost. With aweber follow ups you can add in some adsense if you want and that will make up for it by its self if you have a good subscriber base.
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  • Profile picture of the author megaresp
    Originally Posted by razor64 View Post

    I have set up an Autoresponder...missing is a way to add some 'extra' code to my AR code ( I have no idea how to) so my new subscriber/s receive their first email stating below:
    I can't work out exactly what knowledge you're missing. For example, you must have some kind of back-end database that you're storing subscriber info in? Without a database, I don't see how your autoresponder can work.

    If that's the case, then you need a field to store a unique ticket. This should be a varchar(32) field, and be indexed. This can't be a unique index, because on inserting a new record you don't yet have the md5 hash. This is created after the fact, so you can insert the unique ID into the middle of the md5 string. You then update the database table with the md5 string.

    You also need a verify field. For me, this would normally be a char(1) with 'N' as the default. On verification, this is changed to 'Y'. I like to have verified_on field too, and update this with a datetime stamp at the point of verification.

    Most people create the unique ticket using md5(), and a bit of string manipulation to add in something that guarantees uniqueness. For example, you might insert the database record's unique ID into the middle of the string created by the md5() function.

    Assuming you can do all that, the process is as follows...
    • Nobody gets any email (except for the initial verification email) unless the verify field is set to 'Y'
    • The verify link should call a script, passing the md5 string as a GET parameter. You then have the script query the database to find the record that pertains to the md5 string. The verify field is set to 'Y', and the verified_on field is given a datetime.
    • Your main autoresponder script should ever only mail people with a verify field with 'Y' in it.
    I have the join script initiate the verification field, rather than the autoresponder. This ensures they're ever only sent 1 verification email.

    But if you want the autoresponder script to send the verification email, you'll need another field to tell the autoresponder script that it has already sent the verification email.

    I hope that all makes sense.
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    • Profile picture of the author razor64
      Ta for reply
      But I have NO idea what you are talk in about! as your an expert in these fields your language is way beyond me! (sorry) However maybe I didn't explain very well the AR I use has everything its just that when a new subscriber joins instead of him/her receiving a 'normal email (like it does now 'single opt-in) I wanted the first email to be sent out with please verify your email address they then click on the confirm link and then they will receive the first in my email series e.t.c.
      I need to get a small bit of code to ad to the (already set up) AR code so it can send out an in this manner (double opt-in)

      Thanks for your time..
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  • Profile picture of the author gilbertm
    I highly recommend that if you are in business for the long haul that you use AWeber or Getresponse. Don't waste your time with cheap autoresponders as they don't deliver your emails as well as AWeber and Getresponse. Spend the 19 bucks a month and get one or the other.
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