How To Get Spammed
Here’s why… One word: Spam.
Ever wonder where spam comes from? Computerized engines called “Spam-Bots” scour the web looking for emails. When they find anything that looks like an email (____@____.com) they save it.
Then they spam it.
“But Doug, if I don’t have my email address posted, how will people be able to contact me?”
Great question. The answer is….
Use a form. Just check out the “Contact” section of this blog to see what I mean.
How NOT to get spammed
As impersonal as it is, a form is the safest way for your email address NOT to end up in the hands of spammers. Trust me, I had to learn this one the hard way.
Depending on where your server is Windows (ex: .asp) or Linux/Unix (.php) will determine how you build this form. Just do a Google search for “php email form” or “asp email form” as the case may be to get the code you need. It should be a cut-and-paste job into your “Contact Us” website, with a few adjustments of course.
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Good way to avoid spam, Doug. Another way that works is to post your email address using the words “at” and “dot”. This is what I use and I get no spam.
Great article Doug.
My hired marketers once tried to use a spider to find emails, and it blew up in my face. Somehow it found a database of a bunch of people who were on the anti-spam list of some sort and it always ended up being a pain when dealing with that campaign.
Oh, and thanks for not publishing the email addresses of the people posting
Cheers,
Earl
@ Jeff: Good point, although Earl’s Tech Gurus could probably write a script searching for _____ at _____ dot com and get the same thing. Luckily it seems they search for the low-lying fruit for now
@ Earl: Welcome =)
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