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Reducing spam?

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  • 06-10-2008 11:45am
    #1
    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭


    I have my own site and domain on which I display contact email addresses. Is there any way I can cut down the amount of spam I get?!


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Some people replace the "@ symbol with [at] and the ." with [dot]. What mail program are you using to check emails? Also, be careful where you use that email address (signing up to sites, make sure to tick the boxes which ask do you wish them to give your email to partners).


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Sign up to msn, download a 15 meg app called "Windows Live Mail". Its very effective in cutting down on spam.
    More effective than any other utility out there at the moment I've come across.
    It learns itself and you can teach it too.
    Its free and you can import all your many email accounts. Just like Outlook - only better.


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Wouldnt have an awful lot of faith in a Microsoft invention tbh :p Other alternatives include moving to Google Hosted (Gmail for your domain basically).


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    2nd the gmail solution. Know a few who use forward their mail to it, to get rid of the spam.


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    strjms72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭strjms72


    it's really not a good solution to replace @ with at and so on on a contact page on a website, there are people who don't understand this replacements and will get it wrong. apart from not looking good.


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    strjms72 wrote: »
    it's really not a good solution to replace @ with at and so on on a contact page on a website, there are people who don't understand this replacements and will get it wrong. apart from not looking good.

    Its widely common, and I wouldn't use it on a professional website - but for your average personal site I wouldn't be pushed.


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    #8
    barnicles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭barnicles


    put the email in am image file:):)


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    barnicles wrote: »
    put the email in am image file:):)
    Thats a system thats never been defeated before...


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