Re: #18689 [Opn]: php.net is getting trawled by spammers (yawn)

shimi, please always reply yo bugs using the bug system, as future overview of mail replys is impossible for new bug replyers (so it's never done). Goba > On 2 Aug 2002 sander@php.net wrote: > > > ID: 18689 > > Updated by: sander@php.net > > Reported By: phpbug@botanicus.net > > Status: Open > > Bug Type: Website problem > > Operating System: l00n1x > > PHP Version: 4.2.2 > > New Comment: > > > > We can use gd and embed the e-mail addresses in images... although it's > > easy, it's quite cpu intensive... > > not if you do it once when they add the comment, and never again... (i.e. > create a file). disadventage in this case: storage space. > > additional adventage: php doesn't have gd by default. all mirrors will > have to enable it if you choose to use the cpu, i believe... > > > > > > > Previous Comments: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > [2002-08-01 13:29:36] goba@php.net > > > > So what method do you suggest us to obfuscate? All the common ones are > > known by email harvesters... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > [2002-08-01 13:10:49] phpbug@botanicus.net > > > > I use throwaway addresses for everything I submit to, and I got a spam > > mail to > > an address I used to report a (closed) PHP bug with. The solution? > > Obfuscate > > e-mails addresses on-site or hide them. > > > > Received: from 195.53.199.151 ([195.53.199.151]) > > by newjack.dahomelands.net (8.12.4/8.11.6) with SMTP id > > g71DPtqo029643 > > for <phpbug@botanicus.net>; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:25:58 GMT > > (envelope-from Success@Microsoft.com) > > Message-Id: <200208011325.g71DPtqo029643@newjack.dahomelands.net> > > From: CEO of Internet Marketing <Success@Microsoft.com> > > To: phpbug@botanicus.net > > Cc: > > Subject: EARN $ 100,000+/YEAR SENDING E-MAIL ! > > Sender: CEO of Internet Marketing <Success@Microsoft.com> > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:27:47 -0400 > > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Build 10.0.2616 > > X-Priority: 1 > > > > > > Please, dont suggest "use a spam filter", or any other such bad > > solutions, just > > stop leaking addresses. Maybe one day the Internet will be a place > > where e-mail > > addresses are safe in the wild again, maybe not.. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > Shimi > > > ---- > > "Outlook is a massive flaming horrid blatant security violation, which > also happens to be a mail reader." > > "Sure UNIX is user friendly; it's just picky about who its friends are." > >