[FX.php List] [OFF] sending email confirmation

[Roger Price]

As part of a web project I am collecting data from our some of our past students that we have lost contact with.

I want to try to ensure that we don't get too many malicious returns so I intend to send a confirmation to the entered email address with an activation link.

So far so good!

In order that the database record key is not blatantly obvious I'm using base64_encode!

however when I mail a link such as:  http://www.xxx.xxx.xx.xx..edit2.html?rec=MDAwMQ==

the two '=' characters that are generated at the end of this particular record are omitted from the hyperlink when viewed in Outlook Express or Windows Mail. Entourage only omits one! However Outlook and my webmail program work perfectly.

If anybody resolved this problem before I would be grateful to know the best way.

Roger 



  
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