A NOTE TO SPAMMERS

June 2, 2006 · 11 Comments

In case you are either stupid or cant read, the pod on the left says ASK MD and it isnt a way for you to send me spam. You WONT get an email back and it basically just gets placed in the bin. I am not American so not interested in your stupid stocks or want a new mortgage (since I will never use ANY product that has been advertised via spam, think about it you idiots) If you are a robot, and you just post stuff automatically, just disregard this message as you are the poor creation of a twisted useless mind. Sorry for the disruption to the readers of this blog with this posting.

Tags: spam

11 responses so far ↓

1 Andy J // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

You might wanna add captcha?? Its probably gonna be the only way to prevent them - for a while :o)
2 Trond Ulseth // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

What I've done on some clients pages is that when a form is submitted a message object is created, one is taken to a page with a preview of the message and a question to confirm the message. I find this easier for the user than captchas as two quick clicks are faster and easier than trying to read a captcha image, sometimes getting the reading or typing wrong (some of them are really hard to read). I've not yet experienced a spam robot getting past this.
3 Nick Tong // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

yeah Pete Farrells Capcha product is really good and FREE - but he does have a wish list ;)
4 johnb // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

I'm 100% convinced that folk are drawn to forms like flies to rotting food! I had a signup form on my site for friends/family etc, I made enough statements like 'There is nothing behind here except private stuff', 'Only friends and family need register' etc....yet still people registered...at one point (before I got rid of it) I had added a line 'By registering you agree to send me $1 million' and yet still i got registrations from unknown people!
5 Goose // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

I'm pretty sure these spammers aren't going to read your blog. :) (bots)
6 Mark Drew // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

Well, I have at least added some javascript that would keep some people out. Lets see if it is of any consequence. I am also tracking IP's so I can start notifying about spamming.

MD
7 Mark Drew // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

Well, they got past my javascript intrusion attempt. I am just wondering if I need to make sure the referer is the website? (although no referer gets posted) Anyway, whats in San Antonio Texas ?

According to HostIP.Info, the
IP Address 66.135.33.49 is in:
Country: UNITED STATES (US)
City: San Antonio, TX

A few notes on the scum of the earth.

Anyone near? can you use a baseball bat (or I can send you a cricket bat?)
8 magnetomotive // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

make sure your form action vailidates that the variable #cgi.HTTP_REFERER# is defined and contains the string set in #cgi.HTTP_HOST#. If it doesn't trash that post. Its a good front line defense and one many people forget about.
9 Mark Drew // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:12 PM

Which cheeky bugger put a cfdump into the ASK MD pod?

Thanks... it did nothing but post it to me as it would! what were you especting?!
MD
10 Bob // Apr 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM

You do realize that you have a mortgage ad on your website?!?
11 Mark Drew // Apr 13, 2010 at 7:24 AM

@Bob Maybe, depends, it's google ads, so probably.

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