Unwanted activity/content that is usually of a promotional nature.
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10answers
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How can I prevent my mail from being classified as spam?
My company sometimes send mail, but it usually goes to "spam" folder in gmail. The email includes only a few sentences, without any links or images. Just plain text. How can I fix this? (Notice that I ...
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3answers
1k views
How can I prevent spam on sites which I control?
This is a general, community wiki question to address all non-specific spam prevention questions.
If your question was closed as a duplicate of this question and you feel that the information ...
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3answers
4k views
How do spambots work?
I have a forum that's getting hit a lot by forum spambots, and of course the best way to defeat something is to know thy enemy. I'll worry about defeating those spambots later, but right now I'd like ...
4
votes
2answers
2k views
Website falsely blocked because of spam. Does anyone know how we should proceed?
I'm responsible for ICT at FOS Open Scouting, a belgian scouting organisation.
Our website was hacked a few years back and blocked by Facebook as a result. After we regained control over the site ...
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votes
4answers
5k views
How to avoid Hotmail/Live rejections for (legit) large volume eMailing?
While qualifying eMail for Spam, Hotmail/Live checks the historical records of numbers of eMails sent by a sender (FROM, eMail Server, IP, etc.). Some times, perfectly valid bulk eMails that are not ...
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26answers
2k views
Way to list “Contact Us” email address on web site, yet reduce likelihood of spam?
What's a good way to list a "Contact Us" email address on a web site, while reducing the likelihood it will get spammed?
Is putting the email address in an image the best technique, or are there ...
6
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3answers
336 views
Comment spammer IP list?
Is there a public list anywhere on the web of IP addresses that have been identified as comment spammers?
3
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1answer
90 views
What kind of spam is this on our form?
We're receiving a lot of spam that looks like this:
Form field 1 (textfields):
duYYAJPNaMVsC
Form field 2: icDiQOVRy
Form field 3: uSDzPEObWIrTsCidma
Form field 4: ODscxPiiqj
...
5
votes
1answer
121 views
What kind of spam is this?
I realize this is a pretty vague question, but I occasionally get spam messages through my contact form on a Drupal 6 site. The contact form does not have any anti-spam protection (i.e. math ...
2
votes
2answers
100 views
Strange spam posts not making sense [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What kind of spam is this?
I'm running a web site with a forum where one small part is open for posting from unregistered users. The site uses captcha, but still some ...
6
votes
4answers
1k views
Mass Deletion of Spam Revisions in Mediawiki
Basically my 'private' mediawiki instance was about as secure as a toddlers piggybank. I've tightened it up now, but am left with about a hundred or so new pages and revisions generated by hundreds of ...
7
votes
3answers
179 views
Free spam blocker service [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent spam on sites which I control?
Is it possible to get a free and good spam blocker for your website?
I would really like to avoid having to serve ...
4
votes
3answers
107 views
Stopping comment spam with links(need suggestion) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent comment spam on sites which I control?
After bearing 1 year spammy comments with links in those in my 10 sites, finally I've disallowed comment posting ...
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vote
1answer
151 views
vBulletin 3 spam solutions
We use vBulletin 3 for our forums, with a ReCaptcha, a simple "To verify you're a real person, what is the FIRST letter of the English alphabet?" question on signup, and a verified email address ...
1
vote
4answers
181 views
Recommended Spam Best Practices [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent spam on sites which I control?
Are there any recommended admin tools or interfaces for reviewing and moderating spam on a community-driven UGC site?
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1answer
90 views
What is the motive of sending spam text [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Strange spam posts not making sense
I've many sites online and regularly I get the following type of spam text through "contact us" form even when containing Captchas. ...
