Re: [CGUYS] Q: what are current best practices for limiting ema
Tom Piwowar 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. Spammers attack web forms too. They have bots that fill in forms with their messages and submit the forms. You may not need something a complicated/annoying as a CAPATCHA. Just have one form field that asks something that a spammer would not know. As in performing some elementary math what is 3*5, what is the capital of MD (if there is a form, capital of the state where the addressee said they were from on their address)? What other types of questions? -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly A clean, neat, desk is a sign of a sick mind * ** 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 ema
What other types of questions? Just check street name against the list of streets in the community. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[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 ema
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. #1 Don't put the question in the subject line because many email clients will truncate it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
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Haha. Loved the Madoff computer also. /gayley On Apr 28, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Tom Piwowar 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. #1 Don't put the question in the subject line because many email clients will truncate it. * ** 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 ema
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.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. #1 Don't put the question in the subject line because many email clients will truncate it. Or atleast repeat the question in the email. This does give you the opportunity to ask the question in two ways one short for the subject and one long for the body. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** 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 ema
- 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. I do this. Works great. Note that Google bought Postini so you could purchase their filtering services that way too. * ** 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 ema
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. Spammers attack web forms too. They have bots that fill in forms with their messages and submit the forms. You may not need something a complicated/annoying as a CAPATCHA. Just have one form field that asks something that a spammer would not know. * ** 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 ema
Right. My point wasn't put a web form there, and you're fine. It was put a web form there, but you still need to put in some anti-bot technology. Your suggestion of a form field may be easily effective as well, although I've seen some spammers get around simple ones of these as well. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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. Spammers attack web forms too. They have bots that fill in forms with their messages and submit the forms. You may not need something a complicated/annoying as a CAPATCHA. Just have one form field that asks something that a spammer would not know. * ** 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/ ** *
