cindik
01-25-2005, 03:08 PM
One way to cut down on spam is to decrease exposure of your e-mail address (of course, this doesn't help with dictionary attacks :eeww: ).
Most of us know about usenet and whois as huge opportunities for spambots. Another is having your e-mail address on a web page.
Turns out, there are relatively few IPs from which spambots surf. Blocking access to such IPs will at least help decrease the number of e-mail addresses they have (and cut down your bandwidth usage). :rasberry:
I've also noticed that spammers are starting to use caches from Google and Yahoo. Keeping Google from caching your pages (or at least using php to hide your e-mail address when spiders hit your pages) can help. (If you're feeling a bit more agressive, substitute "spam@uce.gov" for your e-mail address :EG: ).
Most of us know about usenet and whois as huge opportunities for spambots. Another is having your e-mail address on a web page.
Turns out, there are relatively few IPs from which spambots surf. Blocking access to such IPs will at least help decrease the number of e-mail addresses they have (and cut down your bandwidth usage). :rasberry:
I've also noticed that spammers are starting to use caches from Google and Yahoo. Keeping Google from caching your pages (or at least using php to hide your e-mail address when spiders hit your pages) can help. (If you're feeling a bit more agressive, substitute "spam@uce.gov" for your e-mail address :EG: ).