Re: Email Spam

On 01 Jun 2008, Ed Mullen <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I use a PHP contact form (Tectite's FormMail: http://tectite.com)
on my site. My actual email address doesn't show up on any page.
Since I implemented this my spam has gone way down. Also, my
hosting company provides a very good spam filter.

I, too, use a php form, of my own construction, on my site and it, of
course, virtually eliminates spam because spammers aren't really
drawn to what can't be used for mass-mailings (-besides which it
would be easy to blacklist any possible offenders.) However, you
lose the simplicity and convenience of "normal" email, and many
programs or front-ends won't allow you to substitute a page url for
an email address. In short, I don't think forms are the answer
_unless_ the outside handling of them improves considerably from what
it is now.


What sort of Web use precludes the use of a form? If you have a link:

"Click here to contact me" which leads to an HTML form page, what
situation wouldn't work? I believe you, I just can't imagine the
scenario.

No prob with a webpage link, but the back-and-forth replying-to still
necessitates an email address in any mail program. I'm saying there should
be options to allow for addressing forms as we now address email itself so
that replies can (optionally) go to the original form instead of the sent
email address. IOW, neither you nor I should _ever_ need an email address
in intercommunicating.

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