I get the same thing. Prior to e-mailing the form I search the content for obvious spam words such as Casino, XXX, poker, etc. etc. if it contains them I output 'there was an error sending this message' and 'die'. I would also be interested in other ideas however.
Dave On 8/30/05, David Smyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I have a php form that I believe is being abused by some kind of > crawler or something like that (not sure if these exist, but it's the > only thing I could think of causing my problem) > > My client has started to receive emails from the site that appear to > be junk, but information is appearing in the email that shouldn't be > there. For instance, there is a checkbox on my form that will send > through a yes/no depending on whether it's been checked or not, but > the junk email manages to send through a junk email address instead. > > Can someone give me some pointers on the extra security I need to put > in place? So far I basically just format the variables into a string > and use the mail() function to email it to my client. This appears to > not be sufficient. > > Any help here would be greatly appreciated. > > TIA, > > David. > > > > > > The php_mysql group is dedicated to learn more about the PHP/MySQL web > database possibilities through group learning. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- fare thee well, ------------------------------------------------------ dag =^.^= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/CefplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> The php_mysql group is dedicated to learn more about the PHP/MySQL web database possibilities through group learning. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php_mysql/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
