hotmail.com Activation Problem
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Topic: hotmail.com Activation Problem
Posted By: pmflyboy
Subject: hotmail.com Activation Problem
Date Posted: 04 January 2005 at 11:59am
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Hey all. I did some searching on the forums and couldn't find an answer to this. So, here's my problem:
It seems that anyone that uses a hotmail.com e-mail account to register cannot successfully activate his/her account. They get the typical "there is a problem with your activataion...please e-mail the administrator...etc.". I'm guessing this happens since links in a Hotmail e-mail open in a new window in a frame (the top frame says something about "you are visiting a site outside of Hotmail"...and the bottom frame is WWF page). Has anyone else seen this happen? Any ideas on how to fix it? As always, thanks for the great help!!! |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 January 2005 at 12:30pm
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Having the link open in a new window shouldn't effect the link. As long as the code is still attached to the end of the link it should work. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: pmflyboy
Date Posted: 04 January 2005 at 12:35pm
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Hotmail does something funky with the link though. It does opens it in a new window (which, as you said, isn't a problem...lots of e-mail programs do this). However, that new window consists of 2 frames (a small top frame with text that says "you are visiting a site outside of hotmail", and the bottom frame that has the actual page...in this case, the WWF page). It simply doesn't seem to work. I've had a few Hotmail people complain about this already.
So, I guess the question is... If that special activation link is opened in a frameset, would it break it? Thanks boRg...and keep it up. Your stuff is great. |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 04 January 2005 at 2:01pm
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A frameset shouldn't prevent the activation link from working. Although Hotemail accounts are always a pain. On this site I have setup the forum not to allow Hotmail email addresses, the main reason for this is that Hotmail anti-spam settings very often bounce back emails that are sent by applications/scripts on sites. Blocking Hotmail email addresses doesn't seem to be a big problem, out of 7,000 people who have signed up to this board I only have had around 1 or 2 emails per year from people about not being able to use, Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL, email addresses. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: xeerex
Date Posted: 04 January 2005 at 2:12pm
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Hotmail accounts are indeed a pain in the arse due to the framing crap
that MS pulled a couple of years ago. I dug around the internet while
working on a separate project for a "frame buster" script. Also, this
has been documented a few times here on the board. Frame buster script http://www.rexpage.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=272&KW=hotmail%20 - http://www.rexpage.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=272&KW= hotmail Thread on Hotmail and WWG with another script http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=12329&KW=hotmail - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=12 329&KW=hotmail ------------- http://webspacegeeks.com - Need Hosting, Domains, Dedicated Servers? http://www.smartergeek.com - web design | pc support | training | podcasts | video production |
Posted By: pmflyboy
Date Posted: 04 January 2005 at 3:35pm
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Interesting way to handle it. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
It's strange that some Hotmail users seem to be fine and have no problems signing up for an account while others get stuck in cookie hell (I'm guessing it's a cookie issue). Regardless, thanks for the links. When will MS learn?! 
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