All Posts Tagged With: "spam"
BugMeNot - Instant Disposable Email Addresses
Many sites make ask for you to provide an email address when you register. No matter how good their intentions, the only reason for adding this requirement is because they intend to send you emails in the future.
If like me you already receive enough emails each day and you definitely don’t want anymore spam, [...]
SpamAid: Spam Filter For Outlook
I use Gmail as my main email client and the spam filters are pretty good. However, I need to use Outlook to synchronise my contacts and my mail with my PDA. I’ve never found Microsoft’s inbuilt spam filters to be any good, so luckily I’ve just been asked to review SpamAid by ReviewMe [...]
19Mar2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Complete Guide To Eliminating Blog Spam
My buddy Everton over at Connected Internet has written the most comprehensive guide to eliminating blog spam that I’ve seen. Everton had to beef up his spam protection as he was receiving a server busting 250 spams a minute.
Luckily I’ve been testing the next release of Everton’s theme which incorporates all of the tweaks [...]
Reduce WordPress Spam By Creating Fake Comment Forms For Spam Bots
Last month I gave tips on how to eliminate WordPress Spam forever. Today I’ve got an ever better tip for reducing comment spam on WordPress blogs, but should also work on other sites with comment forms.
My friend Billy came up with a neat mod to trick these spam bots on my site, which [...]
How To Eliminate WordPress Spam Forever!
I’ve been running this site for four months now and thanks to links from Digg and Lifehacker the traffic is starting to ramp up, but it’s also brought me to the attention of spammers. I was shocked initially by how much spam I was receiving but I’ve now been able to reduce the amount [...]
31Jan2007 | Tony Williams | 13 comments | Continued
Encode Your Email Address To Stop Spam
If you run your own website, then posting a contact me link with your email address embedded can be a surefire way to get more spam email, as spammers use email-harvesting robots to find verified email addresses to spam.
To stop these robots harvesting your address, then try out this great FREE service that will protect [...]
Avoid Spam Create Disposable Email Addresses With Gmail
No matter how hard your email service tries, spam always gets through. Sometimes we have to register with services that then end up becoming spammers. If you are a Gmail user then you can avoid this by using ‘disposable email addresses’. Here’s how:
(i) Gmail uses plus-addressing, which lets you put a plus sign after your [...]
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