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Alternatively you could get the user to validate ownership of a domain, i.e. if you want to run jobs at http://foo.com/something, tell them to create http://foo.com/cronio.txt with specific contents.

Google does something like this: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6... -- their alternatives also include changing DNS to add a dummy TXT record.

> The app is written in node so it is incredibly fast, like destroy the internet fast.

what

> The app is written in node so it is incredibly fast, like destroy the internet fast.

haha I actually like that line a lot. Describes exactly how I feel whenever I'm using node.

Do tell me you are checking robots.txt then. This has a great potential for DoS, email confirmations or not.

This is a prototype service and I am watching the activity closely.

I appreciate your concern.

Great to hear.

I appreciate your vigilance :)

Destroys the internet fast.