Comments on: How Spammers Harvest Your Email http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-spammer-harvest-your-email/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chih-Chernghttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-spammer-harvest-your-email/comment-page-1/#comment-38177 Chih-Cherng Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:15:08 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=10088#comment-38177 I'm interested in this problem, too. Where can I download the 2 papers mentioned in the "Catching Spammers in the Act" article? I’m interested in this problem, too. Where can I download the 2 papers mentioned in the “Catching Spammers in the Act” article?

]]> By: Sea Coasthttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-spammer-harvest-your-email/comment-page-1/#comment-31247 Sea Coast Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:59:45 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=10088#comment-31247 Will SeacoastNH25@aol.com get spammed because I post here? Or is this site protected?Thanks, SeacoastNH25@aol.com Will SeacoastNH25@aol.com get spammed because I post here? Or is this site protected?

Thanks, SeacoastNH25@aol.com

]]> By: scopyhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-spammer-harvest-your-email/comment-page-1/#comment-30282 scopy Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:16:14 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=10088#comment-30282 It's surprising how they do it. Most if not all business get a huge amount of spam. There is a few other techniques out there to reduce the spam levels but if you ever made a mistake in the past you will always pay for it. The only method left is damage limitation through filters.Another method of putting a email address on a website is to have a picture. This method as been around for a while now but webmasters choose not to do to use them, the same as using "at" instead of @ and the JavaScript method.The main reason for this is it ticks off any user that want to email you. especially if your domain is hard to spell or long.I would say the JavaScript method would be the best if it does not inconvenience the user but it does not work if JavaScript is turned off in the browser.Nothing at the moment is bullet proof for what is considered normal use. It’s surprising how they do it. Most if not all business get a huge amount of spam. There is a few other techniques out there to reduce the spam levels but if you ever made a mistake in the past you will always pay for it. The only method left is damage limitation through filters.

Another method of putting a email address on a website is to have a picture. This method as been around for a while now but webmasters choose not to do to use them, the same as using “at” instead of @ and the JavaScript method.

The main reason for this is it ticks off any user that want to email you. especially if your domain is hard to spell or long.

I would say the JavaScript method would be the best if it does not inconvenience the user but it does not work if JavaScript is turned off in the browser.

Nothing at the moment is bullet proof for what is considered normal use.

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