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Re: Spammers Keep posting in my guestbook...

  • Subject: Re: Spammers Keep posting in my guestbook...
  • From: Alfred Molon <alfredREMOVE_molon@yahoo.com>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:57:13 +0200
  • Newsgroups: alt.www.webmaster
  • Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
  • References: <7HD8e.16031$Ln.735657@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> <d3v233$jpj$2@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk>
  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk alt.www.webmaster:262594
In article <d3v233$jpj$2@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk>, Roy Schestowitz says...

> > I have some online casino ads that keep poping up in my guestbook.  What
> > is the best way to deal with this issue?
> 
> -If it comes from limited IP range, deny (reject) a range as small as
> possible.
> 
> -If you can enable moderation, do so.
> 
> -If you can syndicate your guestbook, you can clean it up quickly after spam
> attacks.
> 
> -Have a CAPTCHA or other gatekeeeping mechanism in place.
> 
> -Use a different (safer or less popular, i.e. scarcely known) guestbook
> package.

- Put the guestbook in a different directory and disallow the directory

- Replace all instances of the word "guestbook" with a gif
-- 

Alfred Molon

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