Here is the situation:
I need to figure out how to implement the following solution and if anybody has had any experience in doing this please let me know! The whole point of this is to never reveal your real email address to other members on the site.
This is for an ASP database driven website using MySql.
The mail server and web server are on the same box.
Step1.
A member composes an Email through a form on my website, the ASP code takes the data in the form and basically creates an email addressed to a member's real email address (this real email address is stored in MySql database). This email is sent to the members real email address, but with a reply to address of username@mysite.com. (in this case "username" being what ever the composing user's username is on my site)
Step2.
The other member receives the email and they decide to reply to it. Remember the reply to address is the other members username@mysite.com. The reply email is sent.
Step3.
My mail server at site.com receives the email. At this point I need my mail server to validate that the email address this email just came from is from an email address that exists in the MySql database? If the replying members (their real email address) is in the database, then the replying members real email address is stripped out and replaced with username@site.com (in this case "username" being what ever the replying user's username is on my site)and the email is forwarded to the real email address of the orginial member who composed the initial email.
Step4. This process repeats when they reply to each other. Thus never revealing their real email address to each other. And my server needs to be configured to only accept messages from people who's original email address matches what's stored in the MySql database.
Any body have any ideas, how to set this up??? I've seen a lot of sites use this method...but am unsure as to how it's implemented????
Thanks
Jay
I need to figure out how to implement the following solution and if anybody has had any experience in doing this please let me know! The whole point of this is to never reveal your real email address to other members on the site.
This is for an ASP database driven website using MySql.
The mail server and web server are on the same box.
Step1.
A member composes an Email through a form on my website, the ASP code takes the data in the form and basically creates an email addressed to a member's real email address (this real email address is stored in MySql database). This email is sent to the members real email address, but with a reply to address of username@mysite.com. (in this case "username" being what ever the composing user's username is on my site)
Step2.
The other member receives the email and they decide to reply to it. Remember the reply to address is the other members username@mysite.com. The reply email is sent.
Step3.
My mail server at site.com receives the email. At this point I need my mail server to validate that the email address this email just came from is from an email address that exists in the MySql database? If the replying members (their real email address) is in the database, then the replying members real email address is stripped out and replaced with username@site.com (in this case "username" being what ever the replying user's username is on my site)and the email is forwarded to the real email address of the orginial member who composed the initial email.
Step4. This process repeats when they reply to each other. Thus never revealing their real email address to each other. And my server needs to be configured to only accept messages from people who's original email address matches what's stored in the MySql database.
Any body have any ideas, how to set this up??? I've seen a lot of sites use this method...but am unsure as to how it's implemented????
Thanks
Jay