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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2706 Posts |
 Posted - 2005-10-13 : 11:13:43
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| Hello All, This is a tough one. We have a portal that has multiple users running now on MS SQL server. However like other portals, like www.hi5.com we would like to implement a "tell a friend" web page sender.Now i noticed that most of these portals, woudl ask thier users to enter their yahooID and passwords, and a script read through thier yahoo mail and send mails to everyone in their phone bookanyone has any ideas on how this is done ?rgdsAfrika |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
15732 Posts |
Posted - 2005-10-13 : 19:49:44
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| I'll mention "web scraping" and let you research that yourself. Be advised that providing this kind of tool will a) possibly piss off Yahoo! quite a bit, to the extent they may block your site's trafficb) maybe even violate their terms of service, which could cause your user's Yahoo! accounts to be closedc) open your site up to be zombied or hijacked by hackersd) be very easy for someone to use incorrectly, and cause them and their friends all kinds of aggravation. Think "spam", because that's essentially what you're describing |
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jsmith8858
Dr. Cross Join
7423 Posts |
Posted - 2005-10-13 : 20:04:20
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| If someone wants to give you a list of their email contacts, Yahoo email has an export feature where users can export their address books entries into files. |
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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2706 Posts |
Posted - 2005-10-14 : 04:55:15
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| Thanks robvolk, JeffI am doing a google search.I also got in touch a few professional organizations on the web.a few sites implement such a facility such as hi5.com and tickle. And Yahoo never "blacklisted" them. I would also look into the yahoo feature which exports their address books, but most users i noticed are not really computer savvy. I would surprise you that many people still dont know how to sign up on a site :-(brbAFrika |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
15732 Posts |
Posted - 2005-10-14 : 07:51:42
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a few sites implement such a facility such as hi5.com and tickle. And Yahoo never "blacklisted" them.
If they have a license agreement or partnership with Yahoo!, then that makes sense. I'm only suggesting you be careful. |
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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2706 Posts |
Posted - 2005-10-14 : 08:09:23
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| VEry very true, good pointThank you Robvolk |
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Read a Yahoo Address book