Re: Confirmation e-mail

this is what i use. hope it helps, addison /* send email to new member */

        $emess1="Thank you...\n";
        $emess2="Your Member ID and password are:\n";            $emess3="\n\n\tID:$email\n\tPassword:$password\n\n";
        $emess4="Each time you submit an ad, please use your existing ID and password.\n\n";
        $emess5="Please e-mail ?@?.com with questions or comments.";
        $emess =
           $emess1.$emess2.$emess3.$emess4.$emess5;
        $ehead="From: ?@?.com\r\n";
        $subject = "this appears in the subject of the email to the new member";
        $mailsend=mail("$email","$subject","$emess","$ehead");
        header("Location: index.php (where you want them directed after they sign in. it could be a welcome page.");

Hello people., I am developing a website with a user login system, i would like to send an confirmation e-mail to the user when he/she registers for the site, asking for confirmation...for instance click on a link to activate thier account. My question is what would be the best approach to achieve this? How is this usualy done? Any thoughts and help is appreciated. Best regards, Davy Obdam -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davy Obdam - Obdam webdesign© mailto:info@davyobdam.com web: www.davyobdam.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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