Web Development

3-Jan-06 19:09

Hi!

We are running a webbased from in CGI from where email has sent to our register clint and our site also updated automatically. but the problem is currently when we sent email to our client they are getting junk emails due to us, because most of them share there personal email with us. our service is hamperring for that.

can any one give us any idea or suggession how we can prevent this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Sujata.

Guffa4-Jan-06 1:14

4-Jan-06 1:14

Can you explain the problem further? If I got you right, you have a CGI script that is sending mail? To whom? A client that is registering, or an already registered client? What do you mean by sharing email? Is it an email account or an email address that is shared? Why are the clients getting junk mail? From whom?

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sujataghosh4-Jan-06 18:21

4-Jan-06 18:21

Ok,
I am answering one by one.

I have CGI script which is doing following job, making HTML pages, sending emails, store data to simple .dat file.

now, we maintain a email list through another cgi script, we go to that form and add all registerd user and make a email list using that cgi script and stored them in a .dat file. this email list contains 100 numbers of email address (not any account).

now first cgi script user this email list (in form of .dat file) and send email to all email address which are in this list.

now client who have provided us their emails address, complaining that when we send emails they got junk email along with that. some client has given only to us, their personal email address and from some days he/she is start getting junk email on his/her account.

Hope now its is clear to you.

sujata.

Guffa9-Jan-06 1:40

9-Jan-06 1:40

I see.

Well, sending mail normally should not expose the address to someone else.

Do you store the addresses in a publicly available file with an obvious name, like "http://www.mysite.com/mailinglist.dat"? Then someone might have scanned the web for files like that and found your.

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sujataghosh9-Jan-06 18:14

9-Jan-06 18:14

Yes, we are doing exactly same. and if someone scann for the file and it will download automaticaly, like other dat file do.

Please suggest us what we suppose to do. Is change permission to that dat file will solve the problem?

Sujata.

Guffa11-Jan-06 21:54

11-Jan-06 21:54

The best thing would be to place the file outside the web folder. Then noone can browse to it.

Renaming the file would at least make it a lot harder to find. Give it a name that can't easily be guessed, like for an example "9873645981726301862051235.blurgh".

By changing the format of the file, you can make it impossible to access the contents. Consider this format:

<%@Language=VBscript%>
<%
'someone@site.com
'me@place.org
'them@location.net
'others@world.net
%>

Give the file the .asp extension, so that if someone tries to download it, the code inside the file will be executed. As the code only consists of comments, the result will be a blank page.

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sujataghosh12-Jan-06 3:38

Drill Down in Sql Reporting Services

12-Jan-06 3:38

thanks for suggession. the file is one the Linux server so ASP will not work. I have chage all file permission and replace Public access and onlu give access permission to owner. now its working fine now no one can download or brows them through browser. only things is junk email sender got all email address. that cost lots to us.

I will try this method for another site on windows server.;)

Thanks a lot for your help and cooperation.

Sujata.

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Sandhya Rani M.3-Jan-06 18:34

Sandhya Rani M.

3-Jan-06 18:34

Hi,
I'm using Report Web service to render reports.I've created drill down reports which are working fine in a local machine where reports server is installed,but when I run the reports on a client machine which doesnt have reports server it doesnt work.The reason being,the link on the main report points to the drill down report on the 'localhost',where as I want it to point to the server where the reports are deployed.I've tried using 'Jump to report' and 'Jump to URL'.When I use Jump to report,it is pointing to the localhost.when I use jump to url and give the entire url including the server path where the reports are deployed,it opens up the correct report on the server, but in a new window and that too in the Report server.Now I'm unable to figure out how to make the correct drill down report to open in my application window.
Any kind of help is highly appreaciated.Its very urgent.

Thanx a lot,

Sandhya.

Intranet Application

Aanchal Naidu3-Jan-06 17:46

Aanchal Naidu

3-Jan-06 17:46

Happy New Year!!!!

I wanted to know how to make my web based ASP.Net application an intranet application.I know i can use authentication/authorization to do it.But I donot want a login page or something along those lines.I just donot want any one who's not a member of the intranet to view the site.I also want to know how i can accomplish the same thing in ASP.Would appreciate if someone can help me out in this.

Thanks,
Aanchal.

Re: Intranet Application

Guffa3-Jan-06 19:13