how to detect if user clicked web link in email as part of authentication?
temMay 10 2012 — edited May 12 2012I'm implementing an authentication scheme in my java middle tier. I have a very basic, perhaps silly, question.
I have a Java POJO construct an email with a link in it, then send it to a user. I need to prove the user has access to this email address (the user needs to click on the link to verify he/she has access to the email address). How does this action, of the user clicking on the link, trigger another Java POJO on the server to execute so that it may authenticate the user's email address?
Are there any examples or keywords I can use figure this out? It may be an obvious question, but I don't have much experience in Java. Thanks in advance for any comments/insight.
Edited by: tem on May 10, 2012 8:34 PM