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

ID: 18689 Updated by: sander@php.net Reported By: phpbug@botanicus.net -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: Website problem Operating System: l00n1x PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: AFAIK, we're talking only about the bugsystem, not about the annotation system or something else... The bugsystems relies on valid email addresses... IMO this is indeed a php.net website problem. Reopening. (BTW: the bugsystem doesn't get mirrored so that's not a problem) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-02 11:38:57] kalowsky@php.net I don't see how this is a PHP website issue. this happens anywhere/everywhere you may post an email address. If you wish to obfuscate your email, that is upto you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-02 11:07:05] goba@php.net And it would complicate the mirroring process... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-02 10:49:04] sander@php.net We can use gd and embed the e-mail addresses in images... although it's easy, it's quite cpu intensive... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18689&edit=1