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Posted by cwdjrxyz on 10/11/06 16:05
dorayme wrote:
> Anyone here using methods to make it more difficult for spammers
> to garner email addresses from web pages. Mostly interested to
> hear from anyone using specific methods (rather than anything
> else like further reviews, analyses of the ultimate effectiveness
> etc, having things like "removeThis" inside the email address
> that is in the "mailto:").
>
> I had a client recently ask me to "do something" about the spam
> coming from his website. I want to do better than tell him to get
> the best spam filter he can, both on his local and on his server
> end via his host. There is a javascript thing I used to use but
> these days I am interested in being able to get by without it.
> so, any suggestions will be welcome, especially if they are
> actually being used by the suggester (not someone else they know
> or have heard of... take this as a compliment)
Several methods that work at least somewhat have been mentioned. Most
of us likely need several email addresses. I have noticed that many
large companies use addresses that can not be answered for contacting
people. All questions have to go to the main address. Some like to use
CGI feedback forms without a mention of a specific address. However
this is not without risk, since a virus can be fed to a server in this
way unless the CGI feedback is not very carefully constructed. There
are people who will put a scripted virus in the feedback box. Limiting
the size of the feedback and not allowing it to contain script helps in
this respect. And of course, do not use a good address on Usenet posts.
I use one at my domain for posting that does not allow any response -
everything is dumped. Then I have addresses used only for friends,
finance, etc. These seldom get spam, so I usually do not have to
configure to allow only mail from those on a list.
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