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thewarrior
Starting Member
USA
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 Posted - 22 March 2001 : 05:10:35
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Regarding this thread:
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/link.asp?topic_id=6632
It looks as though bulk email list compilers may be noticing Snitz forums in general as a good source of harvesting email addresses.
This is a replacement for pop_mail.asp and took less time to do than to write this. Basically, it just removes the recipients email from the HTML all together and grabs it from the db based on user ID.
Next step should be pop_profile.
Link:
http://www.cantonweb.com/kerrycode/pop_mail.txt
-Kerry
Edited by - kerry on 21 March 2001 07:13:13
Todd Martin
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thewarrior
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - 22 March 2001 : 22:58:15
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Ok, my message got totally flubbed up... I'm a putz!
So, what I tried to ask is:
Does this stop spiders and bulk e-mail list compilers and harvesters and all that jazz? I am assuming that this is this MOD's particular function, but my brain is out in left field, hence the previous message that didn't make any sense. So, with all that said, if it does, then I am hopping on this one NOW, before my site goes up and running in a month... Let me know...
Thanks,
Todd
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Kerry
Average Member
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 22 March 2001 : 23:18:07
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Todd,
That's the intention of this, yes. So far I haven't found anywhere an
email can found by a spider - but then there are some pretty sophisticated
bots out there.
While I can't swear that it'll eliminate the problem of someone harvesting
all your email addresses I think it would be
pretty difficult to do and it'll keep the problem to a bare minimum
(if it exists at all). So far, the only way I've found is to manually get
the addresses and to spammers, that's typically too much work when they
can use bots on other sites.
-Kerry
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doulos
Starting Member
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Posted - 30 March 2001 : 05:05:20
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http://www.cantonweb.com/kerrycode/pop_mail.txt
Doesn't stop people from harvesting emails. It just add's another link between the harvestor and the email address.
Kerry, how hard is it to setup the javascript link you have on your BBS?
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Kerry
Average Member
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 30 March 2001 : 08:02:17
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What page does the email address become rendered in the HTLM?
I was pretty sure I got them all, but if you can point out what specific page you
can see it in the HTML, it should be easy to fix.
BTW, the pop_mail file you mentioned will show your own email to you if
you're logged in, but the recipients mail is never rendered at all (it is
processed when submitted but never is visible
- and if it's not visible in the code, a bot won't pick it up either)
And if a spammer gets his own email address, that's fine with me 
Did you have a chance to check it out in use (6th post down)?
And to answer your question, no - it shouldnt be hard for you add javascript.
-Kerry
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h3rb
Starting Member
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Posted - 09 April 2001 : 20:17:39
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I have tried both the fixes in this thread and member's email address's are still visible through thier profile, although they are not visible through clicking on the member's link. Does anyone have an idea why this isn't working for me? I would like the member's email only for admin/password retreval usage. Thx,
h3rb
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Kerry
Average Member
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 09 April 2001 : 22:58:28
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H3rb,
It sounds like the mod wasn't installed properly. First, what version of the forum are you running?
-Kerry
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bjlt
Senior Member
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Posted - 10 April 2001 : 00:32:38
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there are two instances of "Email Address:", and I think one of them is for "basic" and the other is for "extended" profile. Both of them should be changed.
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Kerry
Average Member
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 10 April 2001 : 10:26:58
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Good call, bjlt - I had completely forgotten to take that into consideration. 
Anyone have the proper line numbers handy for SR4? My version's pretty well
hacked so line #'s will be way off. I'll grab a fresh copy later and have
a look later today.
-Kerry
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Davio
Development Team Member
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Posted - 10 April 2001 : 16:23:45
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Starting at line 405 - 408 Kerry. 
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