"Expect to get a lot of phishing attacks asking for your password, or other
information. PayPal does real surveys as well so you have to pay attention."
Having an e-address on your site also invites simple spam as well.
One possible solution to this that I'm planning to implement. You can set up
alternative addresses for your account (up to 8). Then use only the spambot
address in your paypal buttons on your pages. Just don't set the secondary
spambot address as your primary for paypal's correspondence telling you when a
payment has arrived.
This way the spambot attacks go into a secondary mailbox that you can just
delete periodically. The one wrinkle needing testing, is whether the customer
is given the "Spambot" address or the primary address I need them to have.
I'll need to have a friend send a micro payment to see what comes out the other
end.
Let me know offlist if you need the results of the test or want to play guinea
pig with .50 cents.
Best,
Steve
Steven Holt
http://stockpix.com
(541) 267-2803
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
93559 Easy Creek Ln.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
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