Sending email or file download

I setup a site that a user can purchase a document, once purchased using
paypal I would like the user to download the document, or I would like to
send the file automatically. How would I email the file automatically after
purchase, or ensure that the user can only download the document once? This
way after a user makes the purchase, he/she can't give the link to anyone
else and not pay. Any input would be appreciated.

Steve
Thu Sep 01 18:23:32 CDT 2005

You really don't want to email it.
You need a shopping cart application.

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"PaulDawley" <PaulDawley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I setup a site that a user can purchase a document, once purchased
using
> paypal I would like the user to download the document, or I would like
to
> send the file automatically. How would I email the file automatically
after
> purchase, or ensure that the user can only download the document once?
This
> way after a user makes the purchase, he/she can't give the link to
anyone
> else and not pay. Any input would be appreciated.

p
Thu Sep 01 21:36:14 CDT 2005

PaulDawley wrote:

> I setup a site that a user can purchase a document, once purchased using
> paypal I would like the user to download the document, or I would like to
> send the file automatically. How would I email the file automatically after
> purchase, or ensure that the user can only download the document once? This
> way after a user makes the purchase, he/she can't give the link to anyone
> else and not pay. Any input would be appreciated.

p
Thu Sep 01 21:49:22 CDT 2005

It's possible to design database based web application to track
downloads, similar to e commerce site to do that but you need to do it
in script.

The concept is basically this.

1. User send you payment: (paypal, check, credit card)

2. Once you are satisfied that payment is received, you or your
application emails the user a link to the document with a user id and
password to download.

2. User goes to the link, logins and dowloands the doc. The application
will log when the doc was downloaded and will disable future downloads
for that user for that doc. i.e. If she tries again or sh will get a
message, no more downloads allowed without further payment.

Of course, this concept does not prevent the user to share the doc with
others after it is downloaded.

..PC

PaulDawley wrote:

> I setup a site that a user can purchase a document, once purchased using
> paypal I would like the user to download the document, or I would like to
> send the file automatically. How would I email the file automatically after
> purchase, or ensure that the user can only download the document once? This
> way after a user makes the purchase, he/she can't give the link to anyone
> else and not pay. Any input would be appreciated.