Please remove email addresses in posts

[Adrian Rea]

Hi, I was recently asked by a non integraMOD user if I could remove their email address from posts as they had received spam from email address harvesters scanning IntegraMOD posts. The sad fact is he was not even an integraMOD user but a plain old phpbb modder and their mod text had been used here in a thread like [url=http]HERE[/url]for example. You do not need to remove a web address.

I too have received the same sort of spam and wondered where it comes from, so please be responsible and remove mail addresses from posts. I will remove those I see or refer users back here to enhance the message.

Please do this, you would not like your address harvested!

Thank you for your help

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[Michaelo]

Every time I come across an email address I manually edit them adding or altering at least one character but I suggest we should write a code trap to remove or alter the message text to do this automatically...
Mike

[Adrian Rea]

You clever lad <img> It would be beyond me to code a trap. The problem is some members here may wish to display their address and large blocks of code may hold mail addresses or code that is needed for the pice to work. I feel it may need the manual action by diligent users.

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[tekguru]

It could be enough to set a bbcode for @ to replace it with (at). Maybe?

[Adrian Rea]

the prblem is that php code uses the at symbol too. Even in the mailer <img>

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[Michaelo]

True... Best just be vigilant <img>

[Simon N]

could add in a bbcode button that scrambles the email address when viewed by bots but allows it to stay usable by humans?

I can work on this if people want it

[tekguru]

Is it worth putting that much work in though?

[Adrian Rea]

interesting point Simon, I suspect that would be an idea, but trawlers are getting increasingly clever, and it may be that in future they see the on screen text instead of the sent markup language. I personally feel if you remove the address completely, it becomes futureproof.

I am glad that there is discussion on this though as it helps keep it in mind for future posters.

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[Helter]

i think it would be a reasonably easy task to modify the "no shout" mod to at least make users aware that they are posting an email adress and require input to resume

[Adrian Rea]

Gee there are some clever bunnies here this Easter

Thanks

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[evolver]

I've changed the @ to AT in my posts... <img>

[Adrian Rea]

nice one <img>

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[Simon N]

Personally junk mail does not affect me too much. Sure I get my fair share but they only send it once and I block them.

Anyways yes simply changing the code view would not do as like you say they are becomming better at their job.

What would be nice is if all they managed to get was a note informing them that spamming is actually illegal <img>

Would it not be possible to have email addresses changed into images as per the visual code you get on registering?

[found it]

there is a mod somewhere that will change the @ to an at everytime an email addy is placed down i will see if i can find it again....