Comments on: Spam

By: site admin

site admin — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:36:06 +0000

You wait till your site opens Claire - i use the gif thing on BM that Sue recommends, but on OSC i actually watch people log into the comments page and fill the spam in! I get loads. Thunderbird does have fab junk filters though, which i have finally discovered, but it is the comment spam on here that is a killer!

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:22:43 +0000

It’s weird but since switching to Thunderbird for mail I never get any at all ever! Also don’t get it through the biz addy either - think its spam assasin the host uses.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:15:04 +0000

ugh, that sounds awful! I use Mailwasher to control spam, which isn’t bad although I still get a few every day. If it’s to an address you have on your site, my older son gave me a very useful hint - he said don’t EVER put a mailto: link, since that attracts spammers like honey attracts ants. Instead I made a .gif image of the email address I wanted to use, meaning that if a real person wants to email me they have to type it in rather than doing the link direct… but that’s not really a problem, and it’s saved a vast amount of spam (though not all).

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 31 May 2006 10:26:44 +0000

Sounds like you need spam karma as well, it’s been so much better since installing that!