oh, no!
----- Original Message ---- From: Rolan Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Joomla <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:06:02 PM Subject: Re: [joomla] Do spambots read pdfs? If I were a spammer (which I am not), I would crawl google for pdf documents instead, because Google serves up the pdf's converted to html already. Donna, you're efforts will not be wasted! ~Rolan Mitch Pirtle wrote: > Wow if that was true then that is a total bummer! I don't think spam > bots convert and scan PDF documents, however with a little thought it > wouldn't be all that hard. I suppose the only thing keeping them from > doing it is a little effort - and if they think it is worth it, they > will do it. > > -- Mitch > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Donna Marie Vincent > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, all. Hope you're having a great summer. >> >> I'm wondering if spambots can/do harvest email addresses contained in pdf >> documents that are in Docman. >> >> I have PDF Indexer running on a site, and I modified it to change the format >> of email addresses in the pdf conversion to text for the index, but I don't >> know if the spambot can get it directly from the pdf. >> >> I've been doing some research but haven't found anything yet that indicates >> they do this. >> >> Donna >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla >> >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >> http://www.nyphpcon.com >> >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
