Posted by Mark Parnell on 09/09/05 09:44

Previously in alt.html, chlori <news004@arto.ch> said:

> In the E-Mail field there is a random e-mail address with
> the domainname of the site.
<snip>
> My questions:
> What's happening? Is that a person? Software?

Most likely a bot I would say.

> Why are they
> doing that? Doesn't seem to help anyone...

Your guess is as good as mine. Some people

> What's the best way to stop getting those mails without
> making it a too big fight filling in the form?

Adjust your form handler to reject any form submissions where the email
address is from that domain. Presumably you aren't actually going to
receive any genuine submissions with that domain in the email?

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Mark Parnell
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