Comments on: Prevent Spammers from Harvesting Your Email Address http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/ Online marketing, career and business guide for ADR professionals and those who want to be Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: claude richardson http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/comment-page-1/#comment-183 claude richardson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:51:50 +0000 http://MediatorTech.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/#comment-183 I have tried to use a small flash video where the mailto address is embedded in the video. Unfortunately, the videos do not appear on the webpage after uploading them. in theory, the video calls the users email program, enters the mailto address, and alows the user to send the email. I operate the alumni website for my high school (still get a lot of people interested in staying in touch with each other.) I began looking for a way to 1. allow alumni to send email to each other. 2. prevent a repeat bot harvesting all the addresses. can youhelp me figure out why the flash videos are not working? I have tried to use a small flash video where the mailto address is embedded in the video. Unfortunately, the videos do not appear on the webpage after uploading them.

in theory, the video calls the users email program, enters the mailto address, and alows the user to send the email.

I operate the alumni website for my high school (still get a lot of people interested in staying in touch with each other.)
I began looking for a way to 1. allow alumni to send email to each other. 2. prevent a repeat bot harvesting all the addresses.

can youhelp me figure out why the flash videos are not working?

]]> By: Dr. Tammy Lenski http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Dr. Tammy Lenski Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:23:15 +0000 http://MediatorTech.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/#comment-182 Hi, David - Frustrating that we have to spend our time trying to keep ahead of the Internet's underbelly, isn't it? I've heard that the jpeg and other methods don't work so well anymore because spammers are sending live people to sites to harvest. As long as they can see and interpret it, then they can harvest it. And I've had the same problem with using an online form that you have. Sigh. When you say "form alphanumeric authenticator," I think you're asking about a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha" rel="nofollow">captcha</a>, yes? The link I added here leads to a Wikipedia page that has some resources at the very bottom...I hope one of them will be useful to you. You might also try <a href="http://www.captcha.net/" rel="nofollow">The Official Captcha site</a>. Good luck! Hi, David – Frustrating that we have to spend our time trying to keep ahead of the Internet’s underbelly, isn’t it?

I’ve heard that the jpeg and other methods don’t work so well anymore because spammers are sending live people to sites to harvest. As long as they can see and interpret it, then they can harvest it. And I’ve had the same problem with using an online form that you have. Sigh.

When you say “form alphanumeric authenticator,” I think you’re asking about a captcha, yes? The link I added here leads to a Wikipedia page that has some resources at the very bottom…I hope one of them will be useful to you. You might also try The Official Captcha site. Good luck!

]]> By: David http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/comment-page-1/#comment-181 David Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:07:46 +0000 http://MediatorTech.com/prevent-spammers-from-harvesting-your-email-address/#comment-181 Hi - I've been surfing around the net trying to find a solution to my spammer problem. I havce tried some of the tips you described here such as j-peg image on the webpage for my email address and an inquiry form for clients but still the spammer are hi-jacking my email accounts. I constantly get mail failure notices for mail I just did not send from my personal email account which is not listed on my website. And now I am starting to received spam mail via my form as well. My question now is can you advise my how to introduce one of those form alphanumeric authenticators? I asked my webhost and they were clueless. Hi – I’ve been surfing around the net trying to find a solution to my spammer problem. I havce tried some of the tips you described here such as j-peg image on the webpage for my email address and an inquiry form for clients but still the spammer are hi-jacking my email accounts. I constantly get mail failure notices for mail I just did not send from my personal email account which is not listed on my website. And now I am starting to received spam mail via my form as well.

My question now is can you advise my how to introduce one of those form alphanumeric authenticators? I asked my webhost and they were clueless.

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