Re: [pear-webmaster] [PEAR-BUG] Req #2022 [Opn]: Web contact form: send a copy of the message to the sender

Hi Martin: On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 06:03:05PM +0200, Martin Jansen wrote: > > I closed the bug by adding the feature request, before I saw your > objection. Yeah, I just added it. > Do you believe that there is a realistic chance for the > system to be abused? Absolutely. > Actually the spamming possibility has already > existed before for the PEAR developers that can be contacted via the > form. Yes. That would permit sending spam to pear devs. But having a cc, makes it exponentially worse because then the abuser can send spam to ANYONE. This ability has been exploited elsewhere. I'll post a separate message about the CAPTCHA stuff. Thanks, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409