R�ponse suit --- chris a �crit de l'adresse <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> le 23/03/03 16:33:
>1: You are probably being spammed because your web site is listed with >search engines AND the web site contains the email address on it. Yes and yes, and we are proud of being listed ;-) >In other words, you have been "harvested". This is a tough world ... > >2: The Windows virus problems are because you let the email client create >and send the email, which leaves a copy with the email client (normal >behaviour). At some point, one or more of the people that have inquired >to you for information has been hit with a virus and so you received part >of the spread. Now that you say so, yes, this is the way it came as I recall, at least probably most of the times, and always from windows users. > >How can you change this? Make the email a web form that stays off the >email client entirely. This will avoid the virus issue. Also, by using >the right type of web email form, you won't expose the TO address to >harvesting thus avoiding the spam as well. This is a new idea to me. Before reading your comment, I would have thought creating a web email form would be troublesome to users on two counts: (1) they may not keep a copy of their comment in their computer as they normally do using their mail client, which is not convenient to them, and (2) they would end up inserting accented characters in the message which may have different drawbacks depending on whether they are windows, mac or unix accented characters and depending on what is done with the message in question. if the spam gets ugly, I understand this will need to be the way to go. > >OR, if you are happy with the way things are now, simply filter for your >subject line. If the email doesn't contain your subject line, dispose of >it. This won't prevent your mailbox from being filled with the junk, but >it will prevent the junk from being passed on to others. Changing to just >checking on the subject line will enable you to get HTML emails from >legit people. ... which, amazingly enough, has not occured so far. I like your suggestion of filtering the subject line. I have never seen any legitimate email with the subject line changed, so I could create two pre-trash boxes: one with subject line changed but non-pure-html (so far no message like that was received), for weekly review and one with subject line changed AND pure html, which should concentrate all of the spam and facilitate monthly trashing with the shred messages script. Thanks for the suggestion. -- Jean-Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
