A reverse authenticator? Possible to use a contact list to screen out prior respondents

One option could be add the a branch after the authenticator, if it passes, then the survey ends, if it fails survey the survey continiues.
Alternatively, if speed is important you could look at something like this.

Thank you ahmedA
I thought that the authenticator can work in only one direction - pass and continue, fail and end. Where and how can the logic be reversed?
The other solution you link to, with a unique id checker looks like it would work well to, at least what I can tell from the Demo. I can't determine how to find an explanation of how to set this up (no link to explanation from this demo page). Do you have info on the user or related comments on this solution?
Thank you!

Follow-up: Thanks to the lead you provided ahmedA I was able to come up with the keywords to search, and I found a solution.
In this thread, Muqaibil provided screen shots to show how to set up branching logic that effectively implements a kind of reverse authenticator, letting through users who don't have an email address already in the Contacts list.
Thanks to you both!
https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/3418/how-to-prevent-multiple-responses-from-the-same-participant-using-their-id-numberHere is a [redacted for clarity] copy of the customized authenticator messages I set up in case others find this thread and want to see an example.
In my embedded data, I set up a TimesTaken variable that tracks, naturally, how many times taken. The branch logic says that this indicator must be less that 1 to continue on to the rest of the survey.

Email authenticator question prompt:
Let's check if you've already taken this 1st in a series of surveys. Please enter here your official ******* email address.

Authenticator pass message (email found in Contacts): This is what the user sees who has already taken the 1st survey:
According to the email address you entered, it looks like you've already taken this 1st in a series of survey opportunities. Thank you! This means you have been registered for the research study and provided at least a first round of responses.
You will be invited to take follow-up surveys just like this one at the end of upcoming semesters (while the study lasts). Those survey invitations, unique to you, will arrive directly via email.
For now, thank you for already having started as a research participant in the ******* study. We hope you look into all the ways to be a part of the ******** program and community.

Hi everyone, 

I recently ran into a similar problem and was able to solve it with the help of this thread and several Qualtrics product specialists. I think it’s most similar to @Bluesk’s solution in this thread. I’m recreating my steps below in case they help someone else. 

Context: I wanted to use the authenticator to prevent individuals with the same email address from retaking an anonymous link intake survey. In essence, I wanted to create a reverse authenticator. 

Solution: I created an authenticator that asked for respondents’ email addresses. Since the authenticator skips past the authenticated section of the survey if the respondent fails to pass it, anyone who fails – that is, anyone whose email address is not in the contact list – will be allowed to take the rest of the survey (the sections in the non-authenticated section). And anyone who passes authentication – that is, anyone whose email address is already in the contact list -- is redirected to a block that says they've already taken the survey, at which point the survey ends. 

The details: 

This what the authenticator looks like. The ineligible_repeat block is a single text question that says: “It looks like you've already taken this survey. Unfortunately, you're not able to take the survey again.” If respondents pass the authenticator -- that is, if their email address is in the contact list -- they will be sent to this block. 

If respondents fail the authenticator -- that is, if their email address isn’t in the contact list -- they will be skipped to the “demographic info pt. 1” block, and from there to the rest of the survey.  

There are three very important authenticator “Options” that must be specified. If they are incorrect, the authenticator won’t work: 

1. Click on “Options” on the authenticator and ensure that “Maximum Authentication Attempts” is set to 1. If it is set to say 50, respondents will be prompted to try to authenticate 50 times before they “fail” to authenticate. We want respondents to either pass or fail on their first try so that they are immediately skipped to the authenticated or non-authenticated section (depending on whether or not they are in the contact list). 

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   While in the “Options” section, scroll down and make sure that “Allow authenticating respondents to retake authenticated section” is checked. If it is not, Qualtrics will prevent anyone whose email address is already in the contact list from passing authentication (and therefore from moving on to the block that tells them they have already taken the survey). We want these respondents to be able to take -- and pass -- the authenticator so that they can move on to the block that tells them they are ineligible because they have already taken the survey. 

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   Finally, in the “Options” settings, you will need to change the Authentication Prompt, Error, and Too Many Failures Error texts. My authentication prompt text says, “Please confirm your email address” and the the authentication error and too many failures texts say, “Please proceed to the next page of the survey.” 

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   Here’s what the authentication prompt text looks like in the survey itself: 

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   If the respondent fails the authenticator -- that is, if they’re not in the contact list, here’s the what authenticator error message looks like in the survey. Not ideal, but it’ll have to do. The next page will take them to the rest of the survey. 

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Feel free to tag me in a comment if you have questions, and I’ll do my best to explain.