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sitekeeper
08-24-2002, 08:34 PM
Is there any way to keep the spamming lowlifes from using email addresses found on my website? I run a PHP/MySql driven website that allows members the option to have their emails visible. Is there anything I can do to keep them from showing in searches?

A few of my members have gotten spam like this one that I got:
EMAIL (http://www.hostingviews.com/spam.gif)

I forwarded it to SpamCop, but I don't know much about them.

Andrew
08-24-2002, 08:41 PM
You should be able to disallow whatever robot is spidering you with a robots.txt file. Also you can str_replace() the @ in your email addresses with [at], which is also effective.

bitserve
08-24-2002, 10:41 PM
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=67021