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Anonymous
Mar 3, 2016 5:33 PM UTC
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How do I require a BUSINESS email (and reject form fills using gmail or yahoo email addresses for the required email)

I need a quick answer on how to require a business email. How do I set up this logic in my form fill?

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    Jake_Nelson
    Level 2
    Mar 10, 2016 4:48 PM UTC

    Is there a way to prevent people from putting in random information, such as "ABC" for "123" for any of the fields?

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    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    Mar 10, 2016 6:34 PM UTC

    Neither of those strings are "random" in a company name, street address, or postal code.  In a first or last name, probably.  But just because someone fills in fake first/last name data doesn't mean they are a fake lead.  If you're really concerned about this, you can filter anything you want using Forms 2.0 JS. I'd caution, as with the freemail topic, that you end up grabbing a few low-hanging fruits and have a false sense that everything else is somehow legit (even though there are thousands of freemail providers).

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    Anonymous
    Mar 3, 2016 6:36 PM UTC

    Add this piece of javascript code to your page

    <script>
    (function (){
      // Please include the email domains you would like to block in this list
      var invalidDomains = ["@gmail.","@yahoo.","@hotmail.","@live.","@aol.","@outlook."];
      MktoForms2.whenReady(function (form){
       form.onValidate(function(){
       var email = form.vals().Email;
       if(email){
       if(!isEmailGood(email)) {
       form.submitable(false);
       var emailElem = form.getFormElem().find("#Email");
       form.showErrorMessage("Must be Business email.", emailElem);
      }else{
       form.submitable(true);
      }
      }
      });
      });
     
      function isEmailGood(email) {
       for(var i=0; i < invalidDomains.length; i++) {
       var domain = invalidDomains[i];
       if (email.indexOf(domain) != -1) {
       return false;
      }
      }
       return true;
      }
    })();
    </script>
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      Josh_Hill13
      Josh_Hill13
      Level 10
      Mar 3, 2016 11:11 PM UTC

      cool.

      Keep in mind this is a common question and if you search, there are a lot of answers. Your web dev can do this for you.

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