http://hotmesscomic.com/?p=887 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:15:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://hotmesscomic.com/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-788 Emily Chan Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:12:58 +0000 http://hotmesscomic.com/?p=887#comment-788 I have two separate e-mails; one which I usually try to direct spam to. From what I know, spambots search for the "@" in e-mail addresses, which is why some people write out their e-mails literally as: "Name(at)Location.com"-- or make their e-mail an image so that bots can't read it (like captcha). There's others that look for the "mailto:" link directlly from the html/script. Like diseases, spambots and viruses are always evolving and people need to keep coming up with new antispam/antispyware to block them as they show up :P I have two separate e-mails; one which I usually try to direct spam to. From what I know, spambots search for the “@” in e-mail addresses, which is why some people write out their e-mails literally as: “Name(at)Location.com”– or make their e-mail an image so that bots can’t read it (like captcha). There’s others that look for the “mailto:” link directlly from the html/script. Like diseases, spambots and viruses are always evolving and people need to keep coming up with new antispam/antispyware to block them as they show up

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]]> http://hotmesscomic.com/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-732 Wiggy Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:55:36 +0000 http://hotmesscomic.com/?p=887#comment-732 I have a plugin on my wordpress site that seems to catch about 99.9% of spam comments. This is something I've been scratching my head at! I'm getting around 100-200 spam comments a day at the minute! I have a plugin on my wordpress site that seems to catch about 99.9% of spam comments. This is something I’ve been scratching my head at! I’m getting around 100-200 spam comments a day at the minute!

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