Defeating SPAM and Address Harvesting

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Summitt Dweller's picture

I'm currently using the SpamSpan module to obfuscate all e-mail addresses which appear on one of my web sites. The site owner is concerned about an up-tick in the amount of SPAM they receive so I'm looking for suggestions to better protect these addresses.

Suggestions?

I'm not convinced that the obfuscated addresses in the web site are a major contributor to SPAM e-mails. Consequently, I've suggested we create a set of alternate e-mail addresses to appear ONLY in the web site and begin to monitor how much and what kind of traffic begins to use these alternate addresses. Is this suggestion worthwhile or does anybody have another approach to suggest?

Thanks in advance for any comments you can provide.

Mark

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I use: Invisimail:

itserich's picture

I use:

Invisimail: http://drupal.org/project/invisimail
Bad Behavior: http://drupal.org/project/badbehavior
Cloudflare: http://drupal.org/project/cloudflare

Invisimail is supposed to obfuscate email addresses while Bad Behavior and Cloudflare stop robots.

I think all 3 are for D6 only to date.

CloudFlare and Email Address Obfuscation

damoncloudflare's picture

"Invisimail is supposed to obfuscate email addresses while Bad Behavior and Cloudflare stop robots."

Just wanted to clarify that email obfuscation is also available in your CloudFlare settings (settings->CloudFlare settings).

Hi, May be I am late with the

eugeniqa's picture

Hi,

May be I am late with the advice however why do not try Keypic? Keypic provides the reliable spam protection without using CAPTCHAs. No CAPTCHA, No Spam!
BTW, users appreciate it much, https://www.drupal.org/project/keypic

Michael Hofmockel's picture

The question was not about CAPTCHA but about obfuscations not to mention the post is 3 years old. Your for-pay product does not do obfuscation, so is not relevant to this topic.

You are not a developer but a "digital marketer". You work for Keypic inc.. Keypic is a for-pay or for advertisement service.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgeniybeloshytskiy

Your group account is 18 hours old as of this posting. So this is likely one of your first posts.
https://groups.drupal.org/user/2872018

As of this post, the reported installs of the keypic module is only 27 sites currently reporting using this module. This is a very low number.

Please provide "advise" not "marketing".

Regards,
Michael Hofmockel

Open Source || Open Access || Open Mind

Thanks Michael

rwscid's picture

I was almost taken in by that spam, but resisted, and am delighted that you clarified for me!

Hi Michael, I do not miss the

eugeniqa's picture

Hi Michael,

I do not miss the responses to criticism. Yes, my comment is off-topic. I was wrong and mistaken putting it here.

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