Question

This my working method to send a email

       Sub emailConfirm()
    Dim email As String = txtMail.Text
    Dim name As String = txtPrenom.Text + txtNom.Text

    Dim mail As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
    'mail.To.Add("[e-mail]")
    mail.To.Add(email)
    mail.From = New MailAddress("[e-mail]")
    mail.Subject = "Email using Gmail"

    Dim Body As String = "Hi " + name + ", this mail is to confirm your registration" + "Click on    the link to confirm please" + " Link(check note)  "
    mail.Body = Body

    mail.IsBodyHtml = True
    Dim smtp As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient()
    smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"
    smtp.Port = 587
    smtp.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("[e-mail]", "12345")
    smtp.EnableSsl = True
    smtp.Send(mail)


End Sub

note:I want to send Link contains a unique identifier and verify the unique identifier in the login.aspx

I don’t know when to do this…

I found nothing interesting on the net …

This is in Vb.net

I will add security later

Thank’s for your helping!

Answer 1

Well, first off don’t put the username and password in the email itself. That’s a bit sloppy.

Second, most sites now do the following:

1. User creates account
2. Email sent to user. Link in email contains a unique identifier, not the username and password.
3. User clicks on link. At this point the page tests to see if the unique id is valid. If so, it tells them Thank You for confirming your account. It then displays the login form.
4. User enters their login credentials.

Note that the email did NOT send the actual username/pw info.