Re: Email spam - possible problem.

• Subject: Re: Email spam - possible problem.
• From: Mark Wheeler <email@hidden>
• Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:45:30 -0800
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Hi Gary,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out, too.

Mark

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On Nov 21, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Gary Minato wrote:

Hi Mark

Looks like you have received some good info on what to do about your problem, I had problems similar to those you describe, at one stage the SPAM I was receiving from a single page with 4 forms was approaching 100 per day!! I managed to stop it all by filtering the script through the use of "HTTP Referrer" - the script has to be invoked from the an actual page referred to in the script or it fails. I am aware that HTTP Referrer is easy to change and does not offer all the security required, but as it turned out it was sufficient to stop the SPAM that was coming from this form.

Cheers
Gary

On Wednesday, November 22, 2006, at 05:54AM, "Mark Wheeler" <email@hidden> wrote:

Hi All,

I've had a couple of spam emails com through one of our web email
responses. There is a form on our web site that allows people to send
us feedback. I am getting some spam through that form. It is a PHP
script which checks for php injection but what I want to know is two
things.

1. How do I know if my php injection filter is working and the spam
is only being sent to me (web master)?
2. If the spam is only being sent through the form, and they are
spamming only one email at a time and it's only coming to me, how can
I stop that? I can't imagine they are sitting at their computer and
typing/pasting the spam into the textarea, coming up with a fake
email address, and clicking the send button. It's got to be an
automated thing. So is there a way to test to make sure that the
email address is good or that the form is actually being typed by
hand by a person?

These are just some thoughts. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark
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