Spam from forms and emails on website

[Neil HEwitt]

Hello,

I created a contact page that uses a form submission and also details a
contact email address. Ever since it has become active the spam to the email
address has been prolific despite having spam filters. Is there anything
that can be done to alleaviate the mass spam attacks?

Neil

[Nancy O]

Spam is so annoying. A few simple strategies to cut down on the volume you
receive:

First, your email address in the form script needs to be hidden from spam
bots. NOF8's Form Manager doesn't do this. That's why many here use and
recommend the ***@iler php script from db masters.

http://www.dbmasters.net/index.php?id=19

Second, you should always conceal your email address (anywhere it appears in
your site) using an email scrambler. This one from Dynamic Drive is very
easy to use. Just copy and paste the code into the HTML "End of Body tab"
in your master borders or page layouts. Then follow their instructions for
concealing your email address.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/emailscrambler.htm

A picture of your email address can be used too -- as long as it isn't an
active link.

Third, if your e-mail address is posted on other web sites, the spam bots
can and will harvest it from them too. Not much you can do about that
without some serious effort. When submitting to search engines or other
sites, give them a unique e-mail address that isn't intended for business
use.

If it gets really bad (like upwards of 5,000 spams a day), change your
e-mail address and disable the old one.

--Nancy

Post by Neil HEwitt
Hello,
I created a contact page that uses a form submission and also details a
contact email address. Ever since it has become active the spam to the email
address has been prolific despite having spam filters. Is there anything
that can be done to alleaviate the mass spam attacks?
Neil

[Teldave]

Post by Nancy O
Spam is so annoying. A few simple strategies to cut down on the volume you
First, your email address in the form script needs to be hidden from spam
bots. NOF8's Form Manager doesn't do this. That's why many here use and
http://www.dbmasters.net/index.php?id=19
Second, you should always conceal your email address (anywhere it appears in
your site) using an email scrambler. This one from Dynamic Drive is very
easy to use. Just copy and paste the code into the HTML "End of Body tab"
in your master borders or page layouts. Then follow their instructions for
concealing your email address.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/emailscrambler.htm
A picture of your email address can be used too -- as long as it isn't an
active link.
Third, if your e-mail address is posted on other web sites, the spam bots
can and will harvest it from them too. Not much you can do about that
without some serious effort. When submitting to search engines or other
sites, give them a unique e-mail address that isn't intended for business
use.
If it gets really bad (like upwards of 5,000 spams a day), change your
e-mail address and disable the old one.
--Nancy

Post by Neil HEwitt
Hello,
I created a contact page that uses a form submission and also details a
contact email address. Ever since it has become active the spam to the

email

Post by Neil HEwitt
address has been prolific despite having spam filters. Is there anything
that can be done to alleaviate the mass spam attacks?
Neil

Hi Neil

If you want to fight spammers back use this link on your sites pages
http://english-81675335946.spampoison.com/
This link sucks spammers robots into a loop of fake email addresses and
makes their email address data bases useless. I also riddle email
addresses at the moment to help as well.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ though Nancy's link looks OK
as well.

Dave

[Neil HEwitt]

Dave,

Thanks for the email riddler.

Looks simple enough. But does it matter where you put the script on your
page?

Neil

Post by Teldave

Post by Nancy O
Spam is so annoying. A few simple strategies to cut down on the volume you
First, your email address in the form script needs to be hidden from spam
bots. NOF8's Form Manager doesn't do this. That's why many here use and
http://www.dbmasters.net/index.php?id=19
Second, you should always conceal your email address (anywhere it appears in
your site) using an email scrambler. This one from Dynamic Drive is very
easy to use. Just copy and paste the code into the HTML "End of Body tab"
in your master borders or page layouts. Then follow their instructions for
concealing your email address.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/emailscrambler.htm
A picture of your email address can be used too -- as long as it isn't an
active link.
Third, if your e-mail address is posted on other web sites, the spam bots
can and will harvest it from them too. Not much you can do about that
without some serious effort. When submitting to search engines or other
sites, give them a unique e-mail address that isn't intended for business
use.
If it gets really bad (like upwards of 5,000 spams a day), change your
e-mail address and disable the old one.
--Nancy

Post by Neil HEwitt
Hello,
I created a contact page that uses a form submission and also details a
contact email address. Ever since it has become active the spam to the

email

Post by Neil HEwitt
address has been prolific despite having spam filters. Is there anything
that can be done to alleaviate the mass spam attacks?
Neil

Hi Neil
If you want to fight spammers back use this link on your sites pages
http://english-81675335946.spampoison.com/
This link sucks spammers robots into a loop of fake email addresses and
makes their email address data bases useless. I also riddle email
addresses at the moment to help as well.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ though Nancy's link looks OK as
well.
Dave

[Paul]

"I created a contact page that uses a form submission and also details a
contact email address. Ever since it has become active the spam to the email
address has been prolific despite having spam filters. Is there anything
that can be done to alleaviate the mass spam attacks?"

I found this site looking to protect my email address, not sure how to adapt it to forms: http://w2.syronex.com/jmr/safemailto/ . Just fill in the fields and it will create a JavaScript code that you use instead of a direct "email to" command.

Copy and save the script in notebook or a plain text editor. Inside a text block where you want to place the email address, have your curser where you want it, then go up to Object/HTML and then paste the script code in the window that appears. In your text block you won't see the text until you publish or do a Page Preview. All you see is a little letter "T" inside a blue dot. But you treat and format that dot like regular text.

It works for me, I can only assume is doing its job. But I never had a problem yet with spam from spiders looking over the site. And I hope I never do.

Paul