Re: Email Forms - Blocking Spammers
From: Brad Kent (BKDotCom_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/19/04
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Date: 19 Oct 2004 09:05:30 -0700
As far as I know, spammer's aren't scouring the web for feedback /
contact-us forms. I moved to a "email form" and haven't gotten any
spam from it. Likewise, I moved my employer's email to a "form" and
they haven't gotten any spam either.
"Spidah" <h.laughland@eggstra.co.nz> wrote in message news:<3%Zcd.129$_l2.9856@news.xtra.co.nz>...
> I have a couple of email forms I have created that use PHP to email the
> collected data to the appropriate recipient.
>
> A concern has been raised by clients about the form being hacked by
> spammers.
>
> Is this likely to be a problem? If so what is the best way to stop it
> happening. All I can think of is to maintain a log of, say, users ip
> addresses and use this the limit the frequency with which the form can be
> used.
>
> Is there a better way?
>
> Hamilton
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