[thelist] avoiding spam question
Jeff Schneider
jeff at thisisthesound.org
Thu Feb 7 14:33:01 CST 2002
Hello,
newbie here
I just set up a php/mysql "member directory" for a mailing list I run, where
users can submit their "profiles"..
One of the fields is e-mail address and that is displayed on each profile.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that spammers the
majority of their e-mail addresses by using bots to crawl and pick up
anything in the source code with the @ sign in it.
Now obviously I don't want members who signed up to be spammed.
I was wondering what people think the best way to avoid spam is:
1. password-protect the directory (which I'm doing now, but that leads to
problems like people forgetting the password, etc)
2. convert all the code with the e-mail addresses to unicode, so the bots
won't pick them up
3. avoid putting up e-mail address and just have people e-mail me if they
want to contact someone (so I have to manually forward the messages)
any other suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks!
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