Comments on: Combat spam with Gmail http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/ Website of photography loving, mac-using, Christian molecular biology graduate working in web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lonnihttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21891 Lonni Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:14:12 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21891 I tried it - it works! I have friends who have done this with their own domain, but I had no idea that it worked with gmail. Thanks for the tip :) I tried it – it works! I have friends who have done this with their own domain, but I had no idea that it worked with gmail. Thanks for the tip :)

]]> By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curiohttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21883 LaurenMarie - Creative Curio Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:41:18 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21883 Oh, yes, I actually have to create them. It's really easy, though. Oh, yes, I actually have to create them. It’s really easy, though.

]]> By: kristarellahttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21877 kristarella Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:44:48 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21877 So do you actually have to create those addresses in Yahoo or do you just give them out and they still get mailed to you? In Google they just get redirected to your account (I think, I haven't actually done this myself).Yep, the bots can probably see those addresses. I figured that since my email address is on my contact page it's already been scraped anyway. I could change them to example.com email address. Maybe I will sometime. So do you actually have to create those addresses in Yahoo or do you just give them out and they still get mailed to you?
In Google they just get redirected to your account (I think, I haven’t actually done this myself).

Yep, the bots can probably see those addresses. I figured that since my email address is on my contact page it’s already been scraped anyway. I could change them to example.com email address. Maybe I will sometime.

]]> By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curiohttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21870 LaurenMarie - Creative Curio Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:52:35 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21870 Yahoo! Business accounts have a similar thing. I pick a prefix like lkrause224 and then I can tack on any suffixes, like prefix-sample@yahoo.com. These are throw away email addresses so I can delete them whenever I want. I've created a -junk for all this stuff I have to sign up an email with and don't want. I do my best to never give out my real email to anyone....won't bots be able to pick up the email address you put in your post even though it doesn't have a link attached? Yahoo! Business accounts have a similar thing. I pick a prefix like lkrause224 and then I can tack on any suffixes, like prefix-sample@yahoo.com. These are throw away email addresses so I can delete them whenever I want. I’ve created a -junk for all this stuff I have to sign up an email with and don’t want. I do my best to never give out my real email to anyone.

…won’t bots be able to pick up the email address you put in your post even though it doesn’t have a link attached?

]]> By: kristarellahttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21827 kristarella Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:47:38 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21827 Pelf, I guess I didn't explain it specifically, but they're not separate email addresses. The "+something" doesn't mean anything to Gmail and it sends it to your regular email account. It just means that you can see who you gave your email address to.Gio, I'm sure that bots do scan for that sort of thing, which is why I use a separate email address for internet stuff and I'm not angry when my internet email gets spammed. I've put it out there for people to use. It's also why I'm annoyed that my personal email is getting spammed: I went for ages without any spam, which leads me to believe the current spam is not random. Hope your image method works for you. Pelf, I guess I didn’t explain it specifically, but they’re not separate email addresses. The “+something” doesn’t mean anything to Gmail and it sends it to your regular email account. It just means that you can see who you gave your email address to.

Gio, I’m sure that bots do scan for that sort of thing, which is why I use a separate email address for internet stuff and I’m not angry when my internet email gets spammed. I’ve put it out there for people to use. It’s also why I’m annoyed that my personal email is getting spammed: I went for ages without any spam, which leads me to believe the current spam is not random.
Hope your image method works for you.

]]> By: Giohttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21823 Gio Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:28:03 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21823 Hey Kris,I read an article that said harvester bots scan pages for anything that resembles a prefix@suffix.domain format, so even if it's de-linked, your address is at risk of being picked up by spammers. That's why I don't have any directly clickable text email links on my site, and the one time I do mention it in my contact page it's displayed as a graphic. Wordpress has a reliable function that scrambles your email, but I prefer my method. Didn't know about the GMail method though. :) Hey Kris,

I read an article that said harvester bots scan pages for anything that resembles a prefix@suffix.domain format, so even if it’s de-linked, your address is at risk of being picked up by spammers. That’s why I don’t have any directly clickable text email links on my site, and the one time I do mention it in my contact page it’s displayed as a graphic. WordPress has a reliable function that scrambles your email, but I prefer my method. Didn’t know about the GMail method though. :)

]]> By: pelfhttp://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/combat-spam-with-gmail/#comment-21820 pelf Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:38:35 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1237#comment-21820 But that would mean getting a lot of GMail addresses! :D But that would mean getting a lot of GMail addresses! :D

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