Posted by satyakaran on 04/23/07 06:22

Are you really getting targeted spam or you real mail is becoming
spam.
Real mail can become spam, if mail headers are not set properly.

Remote scripting is possible if by php curl like code.

On Apr 21, 10:02 am, Drazen Gemic <trench...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a feedback form on my site. People can fill the fields and
> message is sent to me using 'mail' function, after the form gets
> submitted (POST).
>
> The fields are subject, from and text. 'subject' is optional, others
> are mandatory. PHP script that handles the form input takes in account
> predefined field names only.
>
> The problem is that someone is sending me spam using that form. I
> don't believe that they target me specificaly. It is more likely that
> some automated robot is doing that. I tried to change field names, but
> still getting the messages. I checked the message source, and they are
> comming from the form.
>
> My question is how they can guess the field names and determine which
> mean what by automated process ? I guess they can parse html form to
> get names, but how they can put values in proper fields ? Are they
> using trial and error ? I should get messages with text in subject
> field, too, then, but I don't.
>
> It is a possible that someone is sending messages by hand, but who
> could be such idiot ?
>
> DG

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