[CGUYS] Q: what are current best practices for limiting email spam?
I am doing some research for a mayor and council of a small town as a favor. I am researching on line but think you all may have some hidden gems that might not readily show up in a search. Thanks. /gayley -- -- Gayley Knight Business Her Way twitter.com/mothergeek Broadside at BHW businessherway.net/broadside.html Join the Business Her Way group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/72434/292E6A08147B Advisory Board: Fintel Communications * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Q: what are current best practices for limiting email spam?
Several thoughts come to mind: - Since the town may also have a website, it sounds like its not unreasonable to have a web form on the site instead of any other email way to get a hold of the government. You can put a CAPATCHA or other bot-obstacles in front of the form. - Route email through something like gmail, which keep up-to-date on the current spam methods and do a pretty good job at making sure that they filter out the junk. - Figure out why they really want or need email. There may be other methods that are more suitable. Is the email so they can communicate with each other, or with constituents? How about a forum (possibly that allows anonymous posting, if thats appropriate) with a CAPATCHA?You might not even need the CAPATCHA if its just for internal discussions. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Business Her Way g...@mothergeek.com wrote: I am doing some research for a mayor and council of a small town as a favor. I am researching on line but think you all may have some hidden gems that might not readily show up in a search. Thanks. /gayley -- -- Gayley Knight Business Her Way twitter.com/mothergeek Broadside at BHW businessherway.net/broadside.html Join the Business Her Way group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/72434/292E6A08147B Advisory Board: Fintel Communications * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Q: what are current best practices for limiting email spam?
Thanks, all, great thoughts and I will pass them on. /gayley On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Allen Firstenberg wrote: Several thoughts come to mind: - Since the town may also have a website, it sounds like its not unreasonable to have a web form on the site instead of any other email way to get a hold of the government. You can put a CAPATCHA or other bot-obstacles in front of the form. - Route email through something like gmail, which keep up-to-date on the current spam methods and do a pretty good job at making sure that they filter out the junk. - Figure out why they really want or need email. There may be other methods that are more suitable. Is the email so they can communicate with each other, or with constituents? How about a forum (possibly that allows anonymous posting, if thats appropriate) with a CAPATCHA?You might not even need the CAPATCHA if its just for internal discussions. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Business Her Way g...@mothergeek.com wrote: I am doing some research for a mayor and council of a small town as a favor. I am researching on line but think you all may have some hidden gems that might not readily show up in a search. Thanks. /gayley -- -- Gayley Knight Business Her Way twitter.com/mothergeek Broadside at BHW businessherway.net/broadside.html Join the Business Her Way group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/72434/292E6A08147B Advisory Board: Fintel Communications * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
